The EC has planned to appoint 500 observers and three police observers per district for the eight-phased elections.
March 5, 2021The major setback for BJP comes hours after the poll body, taking cognizance of the alleged breach of model code of conduct, on Tuesday served show-cause notices to the party leaders seeking response for their provocative remarks during election rallies in Delhi.
January 29, 2020Anurag Thakur's alleged 'desh ke gaddaro ko, goli maro s***o ko' was in the report of the Chief Election Officer of Delhi.
January 28, 2020The auto driver had displayed 'I love Kejriwal' and 'sirf Kejriwal' messages on his auto. It was claimed that the action was taken without any advance notice by any government prohibiting such a display.
January 28, 2020Earlier on Friday, the Election Commission had directed micro-blogging website Twitter to remove the communal statements made by Kapil Mishra.
January 25, 2020Earlier, voting in the Vellore constituency was cancelled by the President Ram Nath Kovind on April 16 on the recommendation of the Election Commission.
August 2, 2019The model code of conduct came into force on March 10 when the Election Commission (EC) had announced the dates for the general elections for the 17th Lok Sabha.
May 26, 2019According to reports, Ashok Lavasa had opted out of the decision making meetings on MCC since May 4 claiming his 'minority decisions were going unrecorded'.
May 18, 2019According to reports, Lavasa has opted out of the decision making meetings on MCC since May 4 claiming his 'minority decisions were going unrecorded'.
May 18, 2019Congress had alleged that PMO was misusing Niti Aayog and asking it to write letters to the district administrations and seeking details such as the cultural significance of the place.
May 13, 2019The entire force will control any kind of disruption and detect the movement of illegal items along with other law and order duties before as well as on the day of polling.
May 10, 2019A bench led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi said they could not go into orders passed by the poll panel unless these were challenged on specific grounds.
May 8, 2019Of the 11 complaints filed against Modi for poll violations, EC has given a clean chit to the PM in six cases.
May 7, 2019The Election Commission has given a clean chit to PM Modi in as many as six complaints of violating the model code of conduct.
May 6, 2019The 'full Commission' which takes such decisions comprises Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and fellow election commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra.
May 4, 2019Earlier on April 15, the Election Commission had banned Yogi Adityanath from election campaigning for 72 hours for violating MCC.
May 3, 2019EC's decision was announced hours after the Supreme Court asked the commission to rule by May 6 on remaining complaints against PM Modi and Amit Shah for alleged violations of model code of conduct.
May 3, 2019