Tag: Election commission

Poll Body Notices To Congress, BJP Over Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah Speeches

November 16, 2024 admin

The Election Commission on Saturday sought explanations from the party presidents of the BJP and the Congress – the two principal rival parties at the national level – asking them to explain the comments made by their star campaigners Amit Shah and Rahul Gandhi. The comments allegedly violate the poll code. JP Nadda and Mallikarjun…

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UP, Kerala And Punjab Bypolls Date Changed From November 13 To November 20

November 4, 2024 admin

48 Assembly seats and two Lok Sabha seats are voting in this round of bypolls New Delhi: Following requests from several political parties, the Election Commission of India has changed the polling date for by-elections in 14 Assembly constituencies across Kerala, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. The polling, which was earlier scheduled for November 13, will…

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Congress To Poll Body On Haryana Election Response

November 1, 2024 admin

“Every reply from the ECI now seems to be laced with ad-hominem attacks,” the party wrote. New Delhi: Responding strongly to the Election Commission’s reply to its complaints about “irregularities” in the Haryana Assembly elections, the Congress has accused the poll body of attacking the party and its leaders and threatened to take legal action…

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Poll Body Hits Back At Congress

October 29, 2024 admin

Haryana Assembly election result: Congress said it cannot accept the poll result (File). New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday criticised the Congress for making “baseless allegations… when faced with inconvenient electoral outcomes”. The sharp rebuke comes after the Congress’ repeated claims – between October 8 and 10 and again on October 14 – about…

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Poll Body Turned Down NCP-Sharad Pawar’s Demand To Freeze Trumpet Symbol

October 15, 2024 admin

The CEC asserted that the trumpet symbol was different from the ‘man blowing turha’. New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday said it had agreed to a request by NCP (Sharad Pawar) for a prominent display of its poll symbol — man-blowing ‘turha’ — on ballot units of EVMs, but turned down the demand to…

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Congress Meets Poll Commission After Haryana Setback

October 9, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Leaders of the Congress, after the party’s huge setback in Haryana, met the Election Commission this evening and registered a strong complaint, alleging that Electronic Voting Machines have been hacked. Party spokesman Pawan Khera said the hacking took place across 20 seats, for seven of which they have submitted documentary evidence. The papers…

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Congress Complains To Poll Body On Haryana Results

October 8, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday afternoon filed a formal complaint with the Election Commission regarding a delay in publishing the leads and results of the Haryana poll. In a brief letter the opposition party said that between 9 and 11 am there was “an unexplained slowdown in updating of results”. “As you can imagine…

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Why Election Commission Changed Haryana Voting Date

August 31, 2024 admin

The Election Commission has changed voting date in Haryana New Delhi: The Election Commission deferred the Haryana assembly election voting date to October 5 from 1 to ensure a centuries-old festival of the Bishnoi community can be held with community members’ full participation. Votes will be counted on October 8. Here’s your 5-point cheat sheet…

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Election Commission defers polling date for Haryana from October 1 to 5, counting of votes three days later

August 31, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The Haryana assembly election will be held on October 5 instead of 1 to honour the voting rights and respect the traditions of the Bishnoi community, whose festival falls during this period, the Election Commission (EC) announced today. Accordingly, the counting day for both Haryana and the Jammu and Kashmir elections has been…

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Jammu And Kashmir Poll Dates Going Past Top Court Deadline? Election Body Chief Responds

August 16, 2024 admin

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar There is no delay, underscored the Chief Election Commissioner when pointed out that the polls dates for Jammu and Kashmir are crossing the September 30 deadline set by the Supreme Court. Jammu and Kashmir, where previous assembly elections were held in the 2014, will have polls in three phases –…

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