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Panaji, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday abruptly scrapped the entire process of the bye-election to Goa's 21-Ponda Assembly Constituency, just a day before polling was scheduled. The Commission issued a fresh notification formally rescinding its earlier order of March 16, 2026, after the Bombay High Court at Goa declared that notification "null and void". The bye-election had been called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of sitting MLA Ravi Nai ...Read More >
Kohima, Apr 8 (PTI) Security has been tightened for the bypoll to the Koridang Assembly seat in Nagaland's Mokokchung district, with night curfew in force in four villages following an election-related violence that claimed one life. Six candidates are in the fray for Thursday assembly bypoll necessitated by the death of sitting BJP MLA Imkong L. Imchen (75) on November 11. The BJP, which is part of the ruling People's Democratic Alliance (PDA), has fielded the deceased MLA's son Daochier I. I ...Read More >
SALEM: Tension prevailed at the returning officer's office at the Edappadi taluk office on Tuesday during the scrutiny of nominations after TVK candidate M Arunkumar went missing. Party cadres said Arunkumar, the official candidate, was present at the returning officer's office in the morning, but later went missing and remained unreachable even during the scrutiny process. His absence led to anxious scenes outside the office. Arunkumar's nomination and the party's substitute candidate's nomina ...Read More >
T'puram: Chief electoral officer Rathan U Kelkar on Tuesday said that preparations for the assembly elections were completed, as he released key data on voters and polling arrangements ahead of voting on Thursday. A total of 2,71,42,952 voters are eligible to cast their votes in the state, with 883 candidates in the fray. As part of the arrangements, 30,495 polling booths have been set up, including 24 auxiliary booths, which have been arranged in stations with more than 1,200 voters. Kelkar sai ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Kamrup district administration has announced that for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, voters who cannot visit polling stations, including persons with disabilities and senior citizens aged 85 and above, will be able to cast their votes from home across six legislative assembly constituencies. This facility will be available between March 30 and April 1, 2026, giving eligible voters the chance to participate in the elections without leaving their residences. Election teams ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 14 (IANS) Eleven more nominations were filed on Tuesday for the November 11 by-election to the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency (Telangana) in Hyderabad. Returning officer P. Sairam said 11 candidates, including seven Independents, filed their nominations. With this, the number of nominations filed during the last two days has gone up to 21. Those who filed their nomination papers included M. Venkat Reddy of Paata Party, Mohammed Mansoor Ali of Anna YSR Congress, Jajula Bhas ...Read More >
Budgam, Oct 22: General Observer Bhor Singh Yadav, Expenditure Observer Ravinder Kumar, and Police Observer Nachiketa Jha for the 27-Assembly constituency Budgam held a joint meeting here to review the preparedness for the upcoming Assembly by-elections 2025 to 27-AC Budgam of the district. The observers took an extensive appraisal of the Returning Officer for 27-AC Budgam and Assistant Returning Officers regarding arrangements made by them for the smooth conduct of the by-elections. They held ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 22: A total of 211 candidates filed 321 nomination papers to contest the Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election. Marking a record-heavy response by the close of the filing window. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp On the last day alone, 117 candidates submitted 194 nomination papers, signaling intense interest and a crowded field for the November poll. Election authorities confirmed that scrutiny of all received papers will be conducted today at the Returning Officer's office. Therefore ...Read More >
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday informed the high court that necessary arrangements had been made to ensure that detained AAP MLA from Doda, Mehraj Malik, was able to cast his vote in the Rajya Sabha elections.A bench of Justice Rajesh Sekhri was told that the government had already dispatched the postal ballot to the competent authority to facilitate Malik's participation in the election, scheduled for Oct 24.Earlier, hearing Malik's application seeking permission to vote in ...Read More >
Tarn Taran: In a dramatic turn ahead of the Nov 11 by-election for the Tarn Taran assembly constituency, Mandeep Singh, brother of jailed Sandeep Singh, who gained notoriety for allegedly killing Hindu leader Sudhir Suri in Amritsar and was later linked to the custodial death of inmate Suba Singh in Central Jail, Patiala, filed his nomination papers on Saturday as an independent candidate.Equally surprising was the entry of Komalpreet Singh Chahal, a close relative of late Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ...Read More >
Prominent industrialist Rajinder Gupta, who is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate for the Rajya Sabha by-election, does not own a car or any agricultural land. A matriculate, the chairman emeritus of the Trident Group has also not taken any loans. The man, whose family wealth was today declared at Rs 5053.03 crore, will be amongst the richest persons to have been elected to the Rajya Sabha after the election results are declared on October 24. After the scrutiny of the nomination papers, wher ...Read More >
Jammu: JKNPP-I president and former minister Harsh Dev Singh and BJP candidate Devyani Rana on Saturday filed their nomination papers for the bypoll in Nagrota Assembly constituency here, officials said. After submitting their papers before the returning officers, both the leaders addressed separate public meetings to seek support of the voters. The by-elections in Nagrota and Budgam assembly constituencies will be held on November 11 and the counting of votes will take place on November 14. ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 16 (ANI): Punjab Vidhan Sabha Secretary cum Returning officer Ram Lok Khatana on Thursday handed over the certificate of Election to Punjab Rajya Sabha candidate Rajinder Gupta, who was elected unopposed to the upper House of Parliament. The certificate was presented in the presence of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan. Gupta was accompanied by his wife, Madhu Gupta, during the formal handover ceremony held at the Assembly premises in Chandig ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 16 (ANI): Punjab Vidhan Sabha Secretary cum Returning officer Ram Lok Khatana on Thursday handed over the certificate of Election to Punjab Rajya Sabha candidate Rajinder Gupta, who was elected unopposed to the upper House of Parliament. The certificate was presented in the presence of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan. Gupta was accompanied by his wife, Madhu Gupta, during the formal handover ceremony held at the Assembly premises in Chandig ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the Jubilee Hills Assembly Constituency bye-election. Nominations close on October 21. Polling will be held on November 11, with vote counting on November 14. Strict adherence to the Model Code of Conduct is mandated. Enforcement teams are actively monitoring for violations. The Election Commission of India on Sunday officially announced the schedule for the bye-election to the 61-Jubilee Hills Assembly Constituency in Hyderabad Di ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced another major change in the electoral process, this time focusing on the counting of postal ballots. The move comes as part of the Commission's 30th initiative in the last six months to streamline voting and counting procedures, just months before the high stakes Bihar assembly elections. Currently, the counting of votes has two parallel components: postal ballots/Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballots (ETPBs) and Electronic Votin ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Pulling up the Maharashtra State Election Commission for non-compliance of its order, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the state local body polls, stalled since 2022, to be completed by January 31, 2026 without further extension. The bench was irked over the failure of the state election commission (SEC) to comply with its order mandating a timely conclusion of the stalled local body elections. "Elections of all local bodies, including Zila Parishads, Panchayat Sam ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has instructed authorities concerned to make special arrangements for Khadoor Sahib's jailed member of parliament, Amritpal Singh, to cast his vote in the upcoming Vice-Presidential election by postal ballot.Amritpal Singh, a member of the electoral college for this election, is currently detained under the National Security Act (NSA) in Dibrugarh jail of Assam. In a letter to the union home secretary and the Assam chief secretary on Monday, the ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to provide detailed information regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, amid ongoing legal challenges and political controversy surrounding the exercise. A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi resumed hearing pleas challenging the June 24 decision by the ECI to conduct the SIR in the state, and sought clarity on the documents considered during the 2003 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Aug 1: The long-overdue Boxing Federation of India elections (BFI) will be held on August 21 in Delhi, the Interim Committee running the sport in the country has announced.According to a circular issued on July 31 and signed by Interim Committee chief Ajay Singh, "the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Boxing Federation of India will be held on 21.08.2025 at Delhi-NCR at 11:00 am." The agenda for the AGM are "confirmation of minutes of the previous meeting; election of various posts for ...Read More >
Patna, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a categorical rebuttal to a viral video shared by YouTuber Ajit Anjum, calling it "false and misleading" amid ongoing political debate over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The video, which claimed that a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Patna was seen filling out and signing several voter forms, sparked political reactions and public concern. RJD MP Manoj Jha amplified the video on s ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Former MLC N Ramachander Rao is set to be formally announced as the new president of the Telangana BJP on July 1. His was the only nomination filed, clearing the path for an uncontested elevation to the post. The nomination process, however, was not without drama. Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh, who had aspired to lead the state unit, resigned from the party after the central leadership backed Ramachander Rao. The former MLC submitted three sets of nominations to national election retur ...Read More >
Mumbai's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation [BMC] issued an official statement on Tuesday (November 26, 2024) over the allegations of unfair election and counting of votes made by an Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) candidate from Dahisar. Rajesh Gangaram Yerunkar on Monday, made various allegations on social media in connection with authenticity and transparency in the State Assembly election held on November 20, 2024, as well as on the counting day on November 23, 2024. The M ...Read More >
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