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TopicElection commision

Topic: Election commision

After Raj & Uddhav slam EC, more Oppn voices say no civic polls until voter list ‘anomalies’ fixed

Thackeray brothers met state & central election commission officials, & raised allegations of large-scale irregularities in voter list. They were joined by other parties. 

CSDS-Lokniti’s Sanjay Kumar faces two FIRs in Maharashtra over ‘misleading’ voter data post

In now-deleted post, Sanjay Kumar claimed Ramtek & Devlali in Maharashtra registered a decline of 36-38% in number of voters between Lok Sabha & Assembly polls.

‘Dust on your face…’: Anurag Thakur claps back at Rahul’s ‘vote chori’ with a ‘fake voters’ list

BJP MP alleges anomalies in voter lists in constituencies represented by opposition MPs such as Rahul Gandhi & Akhilesh Yadav. He accused them of protecting 'ghuspaithiye' voters.

1 August 2025: Former MP Prajwal Revanna convicted in rape case & other news of the day

ThePrint’s round-up of major news events from India.

SC allows draft voter list publication in Bihar, but tells EC to accept Aadhaar and voter ID as proof

New Delhi: Reiterating the presumption of authenticity attached to official government documents, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI)...

EC’s crackdown nets Rs 8889 crores in seizures

The EC has decided to take a "zero-tolerance" approach against all forms of inducements, including drugs and psychotropic substances.

Fact Check: Govt employees on election duty can cast their vote through postal ballot

The Election Commission of India has stated that government officers on election duty can cast their vote at the designated Voter Facilitation Centre.

‘Won’t recognition to Ajit Pawar faction go against anti-defection law?’ — SC on EC’s NCP ruling

Earlier this month, a CJI-led bench had made similar observation in Shiv Sena dispute. SC directs Ajit Pawar to declare that 'clock' symbol is sub judice.

‘Go-getter’ who delivered on Article 370, officer who piloted Uttarakhand UCC — 2 new poll commissioners

Both former IAS officers are from 1988 batch. While Kumar has reputation of a go-getter, Sandhu is known for being non-controversial, say officers.

Election Commission partners with banks, post offices to boost voter awareness ahead of polls

According to the agreement, the IBA and DoP will use their extensive network to promote voter education by giving it away on a ‘pro bono basis’.

On Camera

Communism is based on self-deluding assumptions, it can’t be realised in practice: GN Lawande

It is the law of progress that a few persons must go to the top to show the possibilities and opportunities, so that others might emulate and follow them, wrote GN Lawande in 1958

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.