Election Commission of India team in Tripura

The Election Commission of India has planned an all-inclusive assembly polls in Tripura this time. Addressing a key press conference in Agartala today, CEC Rajiv Kumar informed that the ECI is aiming to carry out the polls in a transparent way. He said that the elections will be held amid tight security, and webcasting will […]

ECI to visit Nagaland from Jan 13-15 to review poll preparedness

ECI has already deployed 50 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) for election duty and more would be arriving

Tripura 2023 polls: Full ECI team led by CEC Rajiv Kumar to visit poll bound state on Jan 11

Tripura is expected to go to polls early next year. The term of the 60-member Assembly would end on March 22, 2023

ECI initiates Delimitation exercise in Assam

The Election Commission of India has initiated delimitation of Assembly & Parliamentary Constituencies in Assam following the request received from the Union Ministry of Law and Justice.

Manipur Elections 2022: ECI delegation reviews poll preparedness

A delegation of the Election Commission of India inspected the preparations being made in the poll-bound state of Manipur. The team is being led by Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra. The delegation, which arrived in the state on Monday, today addressed the media and talked about the various discussions they had with political parties yesterday. […]

Manipur elections 2022: State to go for polls on February 27 and March 3

The Election Commission of India today announced the dates of the assembly polls for Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa and Uttarakhand. Assembly elections in Manipur for a total of 60 Assembly constituencies will be held in two phases. Voting for the first phase will be held on February 27 while voting for the second phase […]

Manipur Polls: More than 8000 licensed firearms deposited for violence free elections

In an effort to curb pre-poll violence and to ensure smooth conduct of the Manipur Assembly elections, the state Home department had directed all licensed arms holders to deposit their firearms to the concerned or nearest police stations. Following the directive, to date, as many as 8,648 licensed arms of the total 25,299 registered ones […]

EC meets Kiren Rijiju, seeks power to delist inactive political parties

The Election Commission of India has sought power to delist inactive political parties in the country. A team of ECI officials met union law minister Kiren Rijiju recently to discuss the issue. The ECI team also discussed other issues like linking Aadhaar to voter identity cards. The ECI sought power to take action against political […]

EC announces bypolls to 7 Rajya Sabha seats, including Assam

The Election Commission on Thursday announced bypolls to seven Rajya Sabha seats including Assam, which fell vacant due to various reasons.  The bypolls to all seats will take place on October 4. According to a notification issued by ECI, polls will be held in two seats in Tamil Nadu and one each in West Bengal, […]