The Election Commission of India swiftly denied the Trinamool Congress's allegations of EVM tampering in Bankura's Raghunathpur. The Chief Electoral Office of West Bengal clarified that all ECI norms were followed and the process was conducted under CCTV coverage.
Commission’s unprecedented orders to BJP and Congress come in the wake of plummeting quality of campaigning led by their star campaigners, said the EC officials.
After phase 5, voting in the last two phases -- 6 and 7 -- are left. Phase 6 will vote on May 25 and last phase on June 1. The results of Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be declared on June 4.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah hailed the remarkable surge in the voter turnout in Baramulla Lok Sabha polling, saying it is a befitting reply to those who ask what has changed after the abrogation of Article 370.
The deceased identified as Sushil Kumar Acharya (52) died due to heart attack. He was rushed to Titlagarh hospital where doctors declared him dead, an official said.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Earlier this month, the TMC legislator during his speech allegedly threatened voters and rival parties while addressing an election rally in West Bengal's Murshidabad.
The Election Commission has released the data of poll-time seizures between March 1 and May 18. It has also stated that the amount will soon cross Rs. 9000 crore mark. The unprecedent seizure is resulted by intelligence-based coordinated action, constant review and ESMS-enabled real time monitoring.
After phase four, polling in three more phases including fifth, sixth and seventh are yet to take place. The results for the Lok Sabha elections will be declared on June 4. In the first three phases, experts shared their concerns over the low voter turnout.
Leaders of the ruling YSRCP and opposition TDP levelled allegations against each other for the post-poll violence seeking against the accused. Andhra Pradesh registered a total polling percentage of 80. 66 per cent in the elections for the 25 Lok Sabha seats and 175 Assembly constituencies.
The Indian National Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party followed suit with fewer applications. The approval process involves multiple advertisements and short films, all subject to the Model Code of Conduct regulations.
TMC's Rajya Sabha MPs Saket Gokhale and Sagarika Ghose claimed that PM Modi was not being held accountable for the violations of the Model Code of Conducts.
The Election Commission has directed that newly appointed DGP Harish Kumar Gupta should take charge immediately and a compliance report to this effect must be submitted.
The Congress party has lodged a complaint against BJP leaders accusing them of spreading caste-based propaganda during the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The complaint alleges that the BJP misrepresented Congress's stance on religious and caste issues and projected derogatory images of SC/ST communities.
In its direction to political parties, the Election Commission has stated that encouraging individual voters to register for post-election benefits could create the perception of a transactional relationship between the voter and the promised benefit.
According to the poll panel, out of 21 states and union territories which went to polls in the first phase, 11 recorded a higher turnout of women voters. These are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Bengal.
Polling in first phase of Lok Sabha elections was held in April 19 and second on April 26. While voting in the first two phases have been completed, five more phases are yet to go for polls. Results will be declared on June 4.
The Election Commission of India has issued a circular prohibiting political parties from engaging children in any election-related activities following a series of complaints. Meanwhile, Odisha is gearing up for simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls in four phases, starting from May.
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National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti have jointly appealed to the Election Commission (EC) to refrain from postponing the polls in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat.
It is pertinent to note that, as per the current practice, the ECI randomly verifies the VVPAT slips of EVMs from five polling booths per assembly segment in a parliamentary constituency.
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