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  Maharashtra Assembly Elections: Voting on Oct 21, result on Oct 24

  September 21, 2019 13:07 IST

  Assembly polls in Maharashtra will be held on October 21 while the counting of votes will take place on October 24, the Election Commission announced in a press conference.

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  EC appoints 110 IRS officers as expenditure observers

  Elections | September 19, 2019 18:46 IST

  The observers will be tasked with checking the use of black money and other illegal inducements during the election process in these two states. These officials have been called for their first briefing by the central poll-panel on September 23 here.

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  ECI deletes 2.16 lakh bogus voters in Maharashtra

  September 18, 2019 20:15 IST

  Ahead of the upcoming state assembly polls, the Maharashtra Congress submitted a list of 44.61 alleged fake voters in the state and reiterated its demand to conduct the elections on ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs).

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  Election Commission appeals to political parties not to use plastics

  Elections | September 18, 2019 19:17 IST

  The Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has appealed political parties to avoid the use of plastic during polls on Wednesday. In a meeting for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election, he also informed that the elections via ballot papers are not possible.

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  EC appoints former IRS officer as special expenditure observer for Vellore LS poll

  India | July 16, 2019 20:29 IST

  Former IRS officer D Murlikumar was on Tuesday appointed as special expenditure observer for the August 5 poll to Vellore Lok Sabha seat, where the election was earlier countermanded due to excess use of money power.

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  Party rejected my offer to step down as CM: TMC chief Mamata Banerjee

  India | May 25, 2019 21:26 IST

  West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, in a fiery press conference, said that she had no interest in continuing as the Chief Minister.

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  Mumbai North, Bangalore North saw highest transgender voter

  India | May 22, 2019 9:32 IST

  Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat with 167 votes saw the highest turnout of transgenders as the voters listed in "other" category continue to be low all across the country, according to the preliminary data in Election Commission's Voter turnout app.

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  200 companies of central forces to stay in Bengal till May 27

  India | May 20, 2019 23:32 IST

  As many as 200 companies of central armed paramilitary forces (CAPFs) will remain deployed in West Bengal till May 27 in a bid to curb any post-poll violence that might occur in the state, Central Police Observer Vivek Dubey said on Monday.

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  Election Commission to re-examine PMO, NITI Aayog for violation of MCC

  India | May 20, 2019 0:51 IST

  The Election Commission has decided to re-examine the clearance it had given to Prime Minister's Office and NITI Aayog for alleged violations of the Model Code of Conduct during the Lok Sabha elections, said sources.

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  Election Commission or omission, asks Congress

  India | May 18, 2019 14:11 IST

  In a letter to the CEC, Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa recused himself from the Full Commission meetings related to the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) after his "minority decisions" on the clean chit to Modi and BJP President Amit Shah on their respective speeches went unrecorded.

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  Election Commission orders repolling in one booth in West Bengal's Bankura constituency

  India | May 18, 2019 7:05 IST

  As per the notice on Friday, the EC has ordered the repoll in Chhatarkanali Prathamik Vidyalaya that falls under the Saltora assembly segment.

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  Re-polling in seven booths in Kerala on May 19

  India | May 17, 2019 19:54 IST

  Kasaragod's four booths in Kalliassery and Thrikkaripur Assembly segments and three booths in Kannur's Taliparamba and Dharmadam Assembly constituencies will go to the polls on Sunday after the EC declared the voting conducted at these polling stations on April 23 as "void".

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  Congress slams EC decision on poll campaigning in Bengal

  May 16, 2019 8:22 IST

  Party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the decision will allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi to campaign on Thursday while meetings of other leaders have been impacted.

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  No model code violation by Niti Aayog in sharing district level data with PMO: EC

  May 12, 2019 22:05 IST

  The Election Commission has found no violation of the poll code in Niti Aayog sharing data with the prime minister's office on places where PM Narendra Modi was set to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.

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  File affidavit on powers to regulate expenditure by parties: Delhi HC to Election Commission

  Elections | May 01, 2019 15:36 IST

  The Delhi High Court directed the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday to file an affidavit indicating the powers it has to ensure implementation of its guidelines regarding disclosure of expenditure by political parties.

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  Report on PM's speech in Barmer sent to EC: Poll authorities

  April 29, 2019 14:15 IST

  A factual report along with a transcription of the prime minister's address he delivered in Barmer recently has been forwarded to the Election Commission, the district election office said.

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  EC not letting state government discharge its duties: Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu

  April 26, 2019 12:36 IST

  The CEO has also directed the ADG (Intelligence) not to report to the chief minister, Naidu alleged. 

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  EC serves notice on Sadhvi Pragya Thakur on her remarks about martyr Hemant Karkare

  April 21, 2019 6:56 IST

  The Commission served the notice even after she had withdrawn the remarks and asked why action should not be taken against her for breach of the election code. Thakur has been given 24 hours to respond. 

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  Sweeping electoral reforms needed to end malpractices: Anna Hazare

  Politics | April 20, 2019 12:51 IST

  The 81-year-old activist lamented that lack of awareness among voters and focus of political parties on winning the elections by hook or crook has led to degeneration of politics, and he saw no bright future for the country if the situation continued.

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  Lok Sabha Election 2019: Notification for Phase 6 issued

  April 16, 2019 16:49 IST

  With the issuance of notification, the process of filing nominations has begun. The last date of filing nominations is April 24, while scrutiny will take place on on April 24. The last date of withdrawing from the electoral battle is April 26.