Tag: Election Commission
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Congress ex-MLA held for misbehaving with Delhi Police officer
Apart from Asif Mohammad Khan, two other people have also been detained by the police, whose role was being investigated in this connection.
November 26, 2022 -
Delhi police file FIR against ex-Cong MLA for ‘manhandling’ cop
According to Police, Asif Khan misbehaved with Sub Inspector Akshay, who approached to Asif and inquired about the gathering.
November 26, 2022 -
EC seizes drugs worth over Rs 61 crore in poll-bound Gujarat
While talking to mediapersons on Friday evening, State Chief Electoral Officer P Bharathi told that under the Arms Act, 51 illegal weapons and 274 illegal ammunition were also seized.
November 19, 2022 -
EC puts in place multi-layered monitoring mechanism for Assembly polls
The Commission visited Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh in September for reviewing electoral preparedness and dedicated teams also visited various regions of the two states in October to oversee preparations for the Assembly elections.
November 13, 2022 -
EC gets tough on parties fielding candidates with criminal record
As per the rules, both the candidates as well as the political parties have to publish complete details about the criminal antecedents.
November 6, 2022 -
EC announces by-poll schedule for 1 Parliamentary, 5 Assembly seats
The Assembly seats are Padampur (Odisha), Sardarshahar (Rajasthan), Kurhani (Bihar), Bhanupratappur (Chhattisgarh) and Rampur (Uttar Pradesh). The Parliamentary seat is Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh).
November 5, 2022 -
Election Commission to announce Gujarat Assembly poll schedule today
The poll panel will hold a press conference at 12 p.m. to announce the schedule of the elections.
November 3, 2022 -
SC to hear plea for replacing party symbols on EVMs with candidate’s details on Oct 31
The Supreme Court has decided to hear a plea on Monday, i.e., October 31 that sought direction to the Election Commission to remove symbols from ballot and EVMs and replace it with 'name, age, educational qualification and photograph' of candidates.
October 29, 2022 -
Pak court rejects Imran Khan’s plea against election commission’s disqualification ruling
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in its verdict in the Toshakhana case disqualified Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan and ruled that he is no more a Member of the National Assembly.
October 24, 2022 -
Pakistan: PTI to contest Election Commission’s verdict on Imran Khan’s disqualification in court
In the reference, it was said that Imran Khan did not mention the gifts taken from Toshakhana and the amount recieved from the sale of these gifts in his assets, reported The Nation.
October 21, 2022 -
Over 55 lakh voters to exercise their franchise in Himachal assembly polls: CEO
CEO Maneesh Garg said that the process of finalization of electoral rolls till October 1, 2022 has been completed with the final publication of electoral rolls by the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs).
October 11, 2022 -
Shiv Sena’s Thackeray and Shinde factions re-christened
The Election Commission on Monday allotted new names and symbol to the two factions of the erstwhile Shiv Sena, which split into Chief Minister Eknath Shinde group and ex-Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray group.
October 10, 2022 -
Himachal Congress urges ECI to declare election date
The BJP in the state is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and is openly using the party banners in government functions, said Himachal Pradesh Congress unit president Pratibha Singh.
October 8, 2022 -
EC announces bypolls to seven Assembly seats in 6 states
The Election Commission Monday announced by-elections to seven vacant Assembly seats in six states to be held in November.
October 3, 2022 -
With fear of losing power at Centre, BJP using ECI to reduce votes of Yadavs, Muslims in UP: Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with the help of the Election Commission machinery "snatched" away the power in Uttar Pradesh from Samajwadi Party.
September 29, 2022 -
EC writes to Law Ministry, proposes cap on cash donations to political parties
Currently, political parties are required to disclose all donations above Rs 20,000 through their contribution report that is submitted to the EC.
September 20, 2022 -
EC sends its opinion to Jharkhand Governor on disqualification of Hemant Soren’s brother from Assembly
Now Governor Bais will have to take a call on the opinion of the EC over the JMM MLA's disqualification.
September 10, 2022