Rajya Sabha by-election: Polling for 3 seats in West Bengal on July 24
As per the poll panel's schedule, the notification for the by-elections will be issued on July 7 and the last date for filing of nominations is July 14.
As per the poll panel's schedule, the notification for the by-elections will be issued on July 7 and the last date for filing of nominations is July 14.
While the petition initially referred to three accounts, the Kalighat camp claimed that a total of eight accounts had now been frozen.
The INDIA bloc has escalated its challenge to the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision process, with 23 Opposition parties and one Independent jointly writing to the Chief Justice of India seeking judicial scrutiny.
The apex court left open the option of an election petition before the High Court as the Congress intensified its protest over the rejection of Natarajan's candidature.
Congress leaders climbed police barricades and several workers were detained as the party intensified its campaign against the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha nomination.
The polls this year will see a triangular contest, with the Congress-CPM fighting in alliance and the Trinamool Congress also fielding candidates in several seats.
Imran Khan on Wednesday challenged the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) notice seeking to remove him from PTI chief's post in the Lahore High Court (LHC).
The ECI has developed a prototype Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine and has invited political parties for demonstration of the prototype RVM.
The first phase of voting for 89 seats in Kutch, Saurashtra and South Gujarat ended on December 1, with an overall turnout of 63.31 per cent.
According to the Election Commission of India’s most recent enrolment statistics, out of the total of 4.9 crore registered voters, approximately 2.35 crore are under the age of 40. As many as 11.74 lakh of them are first-time voters, which is 2.39 per cent down from 2.7 per cent in 2017 and as much as 3.5 per cent in 2012.
