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SIR helped Bihar achieve record poll turnout, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar

August 16, 2026 admin

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday (August 16, 2026) said that the ‘successful’ conduct of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar last year helped to increase the voter turnout in the State Assembly election that followed. Mr. Kumar landed in Patna…

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Why Gyanesh Kumar’s Appointment As Poll Chief Sparked Row: Explained

February 19, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Gyanesh Kumar, who was named as an Election Commissioner last year, has been appointed the next Chief Election Commissioner of India, replacing the outgoing Rajiv Kumar. Mr Kumar will oversee the conduct of the Bihar Assembly election later this year and the polls in Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu next year. He took…

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Gyanesh Kumar Takes Over Ahead of Top Court Hearing On Poll Chief Selection

February 19, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Gyanesh Kumar assumed charge Wednesday morning as the new Chief Election Commissioner. Mr Kumar replaces Rajiv Kumar in the role and will oversee the conduct of nearly two-dozen elections, state and presidential, over the course of his four-year term. The new CEC is an ex-IAS officer from the Kerala cadre, and earlier served…

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Rahul Gandhi Note On Poll Chief Selection

February 18, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has slammed the centre’s ‘midnight decision’ to appoint Gyanesh Kumar as the next Chief Election Commissioner, calling his nomination a ‘violation of the Supreme Court order (by) removing the Chief Justice of India from the selection committee”. Mr Gandhi, part of that three-member panel, as are Prime Minister Narendra…

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Gyanesh Kumar Appointed New Chief Election Commissioner

February 17, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the senior of the two election commissioners after Chief Election Commission Rajiv Kumar, will succeed him, the government announced late this evening. As the next Chief Election Commissioner, he would be in charge of elections in five states – Opposition-ruled Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and NDA-ruled Bihar and…

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Who is Gyanesh Kumar, Likely To Be New Chief Election Commissioner

February 17, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Gyanesh Kumar – appointed as an Election Commissioner in March last year – is likely to become the next Chief Election Commissioner of India, replacing the outgoing Rajiv Kumar sources told NDTV Monday evening. If his appointment is confirmed, Mr Kumar will oversee conduct of the Bihar Assembly election later this year and…

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Ex-Bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu Appointed Election Commissioners

March 14, 2024 admin

Former IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu were appointed election commissioners New Delhi: Former IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu were on Thursday appointed as election commissioners, ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls. The law ministry issued a notification announcing the appointments. A selection committee headed by Prime…

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5 Facts About Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Appointed As Election Commissioner

March 14, 2024 admin

Sukhbir Singh Sandhu was today appointed as one of two new election commissioners. New Delhi: Former bureaucrat Sukhbir Singh Sandhu was on Thursday appointed as one of the new Election Commissioners, with the other being Gyanesh Kumar, by a panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Here are 5…

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