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16 states await SSR, Hegde case, Attorney General opinion at centre of ECI rift
Both Election Commissioners -- Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi -- are learnt to have interpreted that the AG opinion and Hegde case inputs favoured resuming the decades-old convention of annual SSR, which was paused after 2024, skipped in 2025 and is yet…
Delhi HC asks ECI to decide Akhand Karni Party's registration plea within four weeks
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to treat as a representation a plea seeking registration of the Akhand Karni Party and decide it within a time frame, preferably four weeks.
ECI schedules September 17 hearing with rebel TMC delegation over party representation
India News: NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has scheduled a hearing with a five-member delegation led by Ritabrata Banerjee on September 17 in c.
TMC faction war reaches ECI as Ritabrata Banerjee-led delegation arrives in Delhi
A rebel Trinamool Congress faction met the Election Commission regarding party leadership. The delegation, led by Ritabrata Banerjee, sought recognition as the legitimate party leadership. This meeting precedes nominations for upcoming West Bengal by-electi…
Karnataka high court declines to entertain PIL seeking SIR extension
Karnataka HC dismisses PIL seeking 3-month extension of voter list SIR and booth facilitation centres, citing ECI’s domain and similar cases pending in SC.
Not opposed to SIR, but want ECI to answer Congress questions: Karnataka Min
Karnataka Congress is closely monitoring the Election Commission's special intensive revision of electoral rolls, expressing concerns about potential BJP interference. Home Minister Priyank Kharge emphasized that voters shouldn't lose their franchise due to m…
ECI revises Punjab SIR schedule , draft rolls to be published on August 3
No discrepancy by ECI or grounds of objection : Muslim leaders welcome SC verdict on SIR
Hope that Congress leaders will now stop attacking ECI : BJP leader Nalin Kohli on SC ruling on SIR
Supreme Court upholds ECI’s Bihar voter roll revision, says SIR ‘legally tenable’
The Supreme Court has validated the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision of Bihar's electoral rolls, deeming the process "legitimate and constitutional." The court ruled that the exercise, despite differing from ordinary revision methods,…
Supreme Court SIR Judgment LIVE : SC Judgement against pleas on legality of SIR Carried by ECI Election Commission
ECI names Neelam Meena new Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal
ECI organises five - day workshop on electoral processes
ECI announces polls to 16 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council on June 18
The Election Commission of India on Monday announced elections to 16 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, with voting scheduled for June 18. The nomination process will close on June 1, while candidates may withdraw their nominations until June 4, ac…
Meghalaya ready for special intensive revision of voter list, awaiting ECI nod: CEO
Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer Dr BDR Tiwari on Tuesday said the state is ready to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls and will proceed once the Election Commission of India announces the schedule. “In respect to SIR, whene…
ECI lifts Model Code of Conduct after completion of Assembly elections in 5 states
However, the MCC will continue to remain in force in the Falta Assembly constituency of West Bengal, where fresh polling has been ordered due to reported electoral irregularities
EC flags 12,000 sensitive booths in West Bengal polls, orders official removals
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has identified around 12,000 polling booths—nearly 30% of the total 40,000—as critical and vulnerable ahead of the second phase of polling in 142 constituencies in West Bengal, Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal…