New Delhi: Even with Delhi’s CM Arvind Kejriwal announcing his intent to resign this week, it is unlikely that the poll schedule for the national capital region will be advanced in any major way, ET has learnt. The reason being that the revision of Delhi’s electoral rolls is yet to begin. The poll panel, while … Read more
BJP leader Anil Vij on Sunday defended the Election Commission of India’s decision to postpone the Haryana Assembly polls date from October 1 to October 5. He said that the dates have been revised in the interest of people. Vij slammed the Congress for criticising the EC’s move, saying that it is the reflection of … Read more
Ajit Prasad, the son of Faizabad MP Awadhesh Prasad, is likely to be the Samajwadi Party candidate from Milkipur constituency in the upcoming assembly bypolls, party leaders said on Sunday. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav held a meeting with party leaders and workers of Ayodhya’s Mikipur assembly constituency and discussed the name of Ajit Prasad as … Read more
The BJP, which has the odds stacked against it with ten years of anti-incumbency sentiments, fears a substantial drop in voting percentage may dent its electoral prospects. (Representational image: ANI) September 28 and 29 fall in a weekend and the date of polling on October 1 is followed by Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday the … Read more
The Election Commission and the Ministry of Home Affairs are largely on board towards holding assembly polls in Jammu & Kashmir within an imminent timeframe, ET has learnt. The full Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, on Wednesday met Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla to … Read more
Poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has claimed that there is a discrepancy in the number of votes polled and the number of votes counted in 538 constituencies in the Lok Sabha election. According to an analysis by the ADR released in a press conference on Monday, in the recent Lok Sabha polls … Read more
The Congress’ resurgence coincides with high voter turnout in the constituencies where it won, in a Lok Sabha election that has reported an overall dip in votes cast from 2019. While the vote share per candidate is yet to be made public by the Election Commission, it is clear that of the nearly 100 seats … Read more
'Ek bhi violation nahi honi chahiye varna…': EC chief ensures full transparency in counting process Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday refused to grant additional time to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh to back his claims that attempts were made to influence 150 district magistrates and collectors ahead of the June 4 vote count for Lok Sabha elections. Ramesh was asked by the poll panel to submit factual details by … Read more
At least 60% of seats that went for polls in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections saw higher female turnouts than males, for the first time in the ongoing polls. It was also the second election phase in which the overall women’s turnout surpassed the men’s. On May 25, a total of 58 … Read more
