Uddhav group moves EC over Bow and Arrow symbol
In a pre-emptive move, Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has moved the Election Commission, asking it to hear it out before taking a view on any demands made by the faction led by Eknath Shinde on the party symbol, sources said...
MLC polls in 4 states on December 10: Election Commission
The Election Commission has announced that the biennial elections to fill several vacant seats in the Legislative Councils of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana will be held on December 10. The counting of votes will be held on December...
MLC Polls | नागपूरचे माजी महापौर प्रवीण दटके भाजपचे उमेदवार
मुंबई: विधानपरिषद निवडणुकीसाठी भाजपने आपले चार उमेदवार जाहीर (BJP candidates for MLC poll) केले आहेत. भाजपने शर्यतीत असलेल्या उत्सुक नेत्यांना धक्का देत, निष्ठावंतांना पुन्हा एकदा डावलल्याचं चित्र आहे. विधानपरिषदेसाठी भाजपने माजी खासदार रणजितसिंह मोहिते पाटील, धनगर समाजाचे नेते गोपीचंद पडळकर,...
EC asks parties, candidates not to publish ads in print media on polling day
Nagpur: The Election Commission has directed all political parties and candidates not to publish any advertisement in print media on Assembly polling day (October 21) and preceding day unless the contents of the advertisement are pre-certified by them from the...
निवडणूक आयोग म्हणजे वेश्या : संजय राऊतांचे वादग्रस्त विधान
मुंबई: पालघर मध्ये झालेल्या लोकसभा पोटनिवडणूकीत काही इव्हीएम मशीन मध्ये बिघाड झाला होता. पालघर पाठोपाठ गोंदिया मध्ये ही काही इव्हीएम मध्ये बिघाड झाल्याचे समोर आले. या सर्व प्रकारावर शिवसेनेचे संजय राऊत यांचे खळबळजनक आणि तितकेच वादग्रस्त विधान समोर आले आहे....
Polling hasn’t been cancelled in Bhandara-Gondia: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission today termed as "exaggerated projection of reality" reports of 'large scale' failure of EVMs during Lok Sabha and assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. Amid reports of faulty EVMs from various polling stations,...
निवडणूक आयोगाने इथून पुढच्या सर्व निवडणूका बॅलेट पेपरवर घ्याव्यात – जयंत पाटील
मुंबई: ईव्हीएमवर लोकांचा विश्वास नाही. ईव्हीएम मॅनेज केले जावू शकते हे या देशातील अनेक मोठे मान्यवर लोकं बोलत आहेत. त्यामुळे ईव्हीएमचा निवडणूक आयोगाने हा आग्रह सोडून दयावा आणि पुन्हा एकदा बॅलेटपेपरचा वापर करावा. पेपर मोजायला वेळ लागेल. लोकांच्या मनातील शंका...
Voting ends in Karnataka, 70% turnout, says EC
New Delhi: Voting ended at 6pm on Saturday for the Karnataka Assembly election 2018. A voter turnout of 70 percent was recorded, said the Election Commission, a news agency reported. Minor glitches were reported from some polling booths. Re-polling has...
Lok Sabha by-poll for Gondia-Bhandara seat on May 28
Nagpur: The Election Commission of India on Thursday announced the date for Gondia-Bhandara and Palghar Lok Sabha by-poll. The by-polls will be held on May 28 and counting of votes will be taken up on May 31. The Lok Sabha...
Biennial poll for six Legislative Council seats in State on May 21
New Delhi: The biennial election for six seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council and a by-poll in Andhra Pradesh will be held on May 21 between 8 am and 4 pm. The poll schedule was announced by The Election Commission of...
Candidate Should Not Contest From Two Seats, Election Commission Tells Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it supports the proposal to allow one candidate to contest from only one seat in elections. Under the existing laws, a candidate can contest from up to...
EC Not To Probe BJP’s Amit Malviya In Poll Date Leak?
New Delhi: The committee set up by the Election Commission to probe the source of leak of Karnataka polls date schedule will knock on the doors of Karnataka Congress’s social media in-charge Srivatsa B but not BJP’s IT Cell head...
Former MP Nana Patole meets the Election Commission for holding by-polls
New Delhi/Nagpur: Nana Patole, who resigned as BJP MP, has approached the Election Commission of India for delay in the bye-election in Bhandara-Gondia Parliamentary Constituency. Having been a Member of Parliament from BJP, and after giving resignation and leaving the...
Polls for 57 Rajya Sabha seats to be held on March 23
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday announced polls to 58 Rajya Sabha seats from 16 states which are falling vacant on April 2. The members, whose terms are ending, include union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan, J P Nadda,...
Accused of Land grabbing City BJP President MLA Sudhakar Kohale asked to appear in Court
Nagpur: Once again City BJP President MLA Sudhakar Kohale is a hot topic of dicussion as Hudkeshwar police have registered a case of fraud against him for grabbing land in Jankinagar. Kohale was recently served a summon to appear on...
AAP spokesperson calls EC PM’s letter box, says
File Pic Nagpur: A day after the Election Commission recommended the disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party legislators in an office for profit case, AAP spokesperson Ashutosh Gupta addressing the media levelled serious charges against the Election Commission. He said...
HC rejects AAP MLAs’ petition against EC recommendation
New Delhi: Delhi high court refuses to grant interim relief to Aam Aadmi Party MLAs in Office of Profit case. The MLAs moved the Delhi HC against the EC's recommendation to the President to disqualify 20 of them for allegedly holding...
Fate of 20 AAP MLAs hangs in balance; all eyes on President Kovind’s decision
New Delhi: The fate of Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party government hangs in balance as Election Commission is set to decide on the future of 20MLAs who have been also appointed as Parliamentary Secretaries. The Election Commission on Friday held a meeting...
खतरे में केजरीवाल सरकार, आप के 20 विधायक अयोग्य घोषित
दिल्ली: आम आदमी पार्टी के 20 विधायकों के लाभ के पद मामले में चुनाव आयोग ने आज फैसला सुनाते हुए सभी विधायकों को अयोग्य घोषित कर दिया है। केजरीवाल सरकार पर आरोप है कि उसने अपने 20 विधायकों को लाभ...
Gujarat: First phase voting ends with 68% turnout
Surat: Voting for first phase in Gujarat assembly elections has concluded. The Election Commission said o far 68 per cent voter turnout has been recorded in the first phase. It said 'by the time we get final figures, voting percentage may go...
Congress complains of EVM ‘tampering’ via bluetooth, EC orders probe
Surat: Senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia today complained of possible tampering with electronic voting machines at three polling booths in a Muslim-dominated area of Porbandar claiming that some machines were found to be connecting to external devices via bluetooth. The Election...
