Nomination papers of 173 candidates out of 174 filed for the November 7 Mizoram Assembly elections were found valid during scrutiny, officials said on Sunday. The polling in Mizoram is scheduled to be held on November 17.
In its complaint, the Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded action against Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi for "spreading lies with malicious intentions" against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a public meeting.
India TV Poll Results: Talking about the figures, a total of over 13,000 people took part in this poll. Around 91 per cent, believed that distributing freebies to influence elections is not good for Indian democracy.
Five states assembly elections: The assembly elections are crucial as the results of the poll in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram will reflect the mood of the people ahead of crucial Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Five states assembly elections: The assembly elections are crucial as the results of the poll in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram will reflect the mood of the people ahead of crucial Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar stated that over the last two days, the Election Commission held discussions with all political parties, including nationally recognized parties.
All assembly and parliamentary constituencies in the state were delimited (redrawn) based on the 2001 Census.
The top EC official said that the time has come when the fifth largest economy of the world invoked technology-driven methodology to facilitate eligible overseas Indian voters to participate in elections through an electronically transmitted postal ballot system (ETBPS).
Karnataka election: A controversy erupted over the remark with the BJP moving the Election Commission seeking an FIR against Sonia Gandhi and her party's derecognition.
As many as 1,410 FIRs have been registered with regard to seizures.
Rahul Gandhi disqualified: There is a hiccup with Election Commission as in a similar case, the poll body had to reverse its decision to conduct a by-poll in Lakshadweep.
Elections to the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly will be held on February 27. The counting of votes will take place on March 2.
The Election Commission is set to announce the schedule for Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura assembly elections on Wednesday.
Bureaucratic reshuffle: New Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, a Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare and a Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair were also appointed
His appointment was announced by the government in a press statement. Sushil Chandra retired as the chief election commissioner in May this year after which Rajiv Kumar took charge.
Congress on freebies: The grand old party urged the Elections Commission to rather focus on conducting free and fair elections by properly implementing election laws.
In a recent interaction with the Legislative Secretary in the Law Ministry, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar made this push for the reform first proposed in 2004.
Jharkhand’s ruling JMM and opposition BJP have been locking horns over Soren flouting office-of-profit norms due to the mining lease being in his name.
Petitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has also sought direction from the Election Commission to seize the election symbol and deregister/derecognize the political parties, which fail to fulfill their essential rational promises, made in the election manifesto.
Punjab's Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju on Sunday said according to the schedule, the notification for the biennial election will be issued on Monday (March 14).
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