Election Commission To Announce Dates Today For 5 States

Election Commission To Announce Dates Today For 5 States With announcement of assembly elections to five states set to be made at noon today, the Election Commission held a meeting with Chief Electoral Officers of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa to fine tune the arrangements. The law and order situation in Manipur due to road blockade by some Naga

Election Commission delists 255 political parties existing only on paper

Election Commission delists 255 political parties existing only on paper The Election Commission (EC) has delisted 255 political parties that existed only on paper and has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to initiate appropriate action, if necessary. None of these parties have ever contested a local body, assembly or Lok Sabha election since 2005, the EC found out while reviewing

Training-on-Election-Management-for-SAARC-Nations-Organized-IIIDEM

Training-on-Election-Management-for-SAARC-Nations-Organized-IIIDEM A training program has been organized by Election Commission of India on Election Management of SAARC Countries, at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) under the sponsorship of Union Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Aim: to conduct free,

Amend law to ban print ads 48 hours before polling: EC to government

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has urged the government to amend the electoral law to bar political advertisements in newspapers 48 hours before the day of polling on the lines of the restriction on electronic media. The move came as the poll panel had to use its constitutional powers to ban such newspaper advertisements on a case-by-case basis during the Bihar Assembly elections in October-