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EC's Delimitation Commission to visit Jammu and Kashmir on July 6

Tasked with drawing out constituencies for the polls, in a first, the commission will also carve constituencies for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes for the first time in the erstwhile state.
Updated on Jun 30, 2021 03:46 pm IST

Anup Chandra Pandey takes charge as Election Commissioner of India

Anup Chandra Pandey took charge as the new ECI on Wednesday.
Updated on Jun 09, 2021 08:34 pm IST

CEC Sunil Arora arrives at Assam to review preparedness for assembly polls

The CEC is accompanied by seven senior officials of the Commission.
Published on Jan 18, 2021 08:54 pm IST

‘Elections during my term will be held on time,’ says Sunil Arora

Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora is in the office till April 13, 2021.
Updated on Nov 18, 2020 06:02 pm IST

Bihar assembly election 2020: CEC Sunil Arora thanks those didn’t raise doubts over EVM manipulation

Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora during the press conference to announce the schedule for Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections 2020, in New Delhi.
Published on Nov 13, 2020 07:42 am IST

For Covid safe elections, EC holds meeting with 700 poll observers

The poll observers’ meeting where the EC said that all efforts must be made to ‘instill confidence in the voter to come to the polling station’. (Photo @SpokespersonECI)
Updated on Oct 05, 2020 06:55 pm IST

EC removes Bihar excise commissioner

An ECI team, led by chief election commissioner Sunil Arora, is on a three-day visit to Bihar to review poll preparedness.
Updated on Oct 01, 2020 08:20 am IST

Election Commission likely to announce bypoll dates today

Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora holding a press conference to announce the schedule for Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections (ANI Photo)
Updated on Sept 29, 2020 01:31 pm IST

‘Social media platforms will be held liable for failure to counter misuse’: CEC

Arora’s statement also comes in the wake of the Wall Street Journal reports in August which alleged Facebook had selectively exercised its hate-speech policy to favour the ruling BJP.
Updated on Sept 26, 2020 07:12 pm IST

Bihar Assembly election 2020: 3 phases, 72 million voters, 243 constituencies

Officials demonstrate the working of the electronic voting machine (EVM) and Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) during a training programme ahead of the state assembly polls in Patna.
Updated on Sept 25, 2020 06:35 pm IST

Bihar Assembly Election 2020: ‘New normal for world’s biggest election amid Covid-19’, says CEC Sunil Arora

Arora stated that Bihar assembly polls will be one of the biggest elections globally to be held amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Updated on Sept 25, 2020 02:15 pm IST

Bihar Assembly Election 2020: Leap of faith, not leap into darkness, says CEC Sunil Arora

If so many students can take examinations during Covid-19, then why not vote? Asks CEC Sunil Arora. (Photo: ANI)
Updated on Sept 25, 2020 01:41 pm IST

3 lakh returnee migrant workers added to voters’ list in Bihar

The EC is expected to release the updated voters’ list in coming weeks after the announcement of assembly polls. (Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Sept 22, 2020 08:43 pm IST

Polls in India pose a formidable challenge amid Covid-19: CEC

According to ECI’s press note, it was an occasion for democracies world over to come together to share experiences of conducting elections during Covid -19.
Published on Sept 22, 2020 02:16 am IST

Social distancing, 1 lakh polling stations, visit to Bihar: EC prepares for upcoming polls amid Covid-19

Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora (C), Election Commissioner of India Rajeev Kumar (R), and Sushil Chandra during the International Webinar on 'Issues, Challenges and Protocols for Conducting Elections during Covid-19’ in New Delhi.
Published on Sept 21, 2020 11:23 pm IST

Election Commission compensates slain CRPF jawan’s wife after 18 years

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper Ramesh Kumar who died in the line of duty during the 2002 Jammu and Kashmir elections. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sept 17, 2020 09:46 pm IST

Bihar polls will be held on time, says Election Commission

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said on Monday that the poll pane is making all the arrangements in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated on Aug 11, 2020 08:33 am IST

No postal ballots for those aged over 65 in Bihar polls

The Election Commission has cited “the field situation and logistics of operationalization” as the rationale behind its decision to not allow postal ballots.
Updated on Jul 17, 2020 04:54 am IST

CEC Sunil Arora stranded in US due to Covid-19 lockdown

Sunil Arora has been consistently in touch with the Commission, a second source in the EC said.
Updated on Apr 22, 2020 06:35 pm IST

Govt plan to amend law to link Aadhaar to voters’ list is on track, EC told

On the proposal to link the electoral list with the 12-digit biometric number, the law secretary is said to have given a favourable opinion and assured the ECI that a cabinet note would soon be prepared to change the two laws - the Representation of People’s Act and Aadhaar law.
Updated on Feb 19, 2020 11:30 am IST

EC for making paid news poll offence

Election Commission of India (ECI) held discussions on Tuesday with the legislative affairs wing of the Union law ministry and made a fresh push for electoral reforms
Updated on Feb 19, 2020 12:34 am IST

‘EVMs can’t be tampered with, not returning to ballot paper’: CEC Arora

Polling officials seen carrying EVMs.
Updated on Feb 12, 2020 01:43 pm IST

How to use QR code on voter slip in Delhi Assembly election

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora today announced the dates for Delhi Assembly election.
Updated on Jan 06, 2020 06:27 pm IST

Doorstep voting facility for senior citizens, disabled this election in Jharkhand

Election duty staff ink marks a voter's finger at a poling booth in Bangalore during the Karnataka Assembly Election. (UNI Photo)
Published on Nov 03, 2019 10:58 pm IST

Maharashtra, Haryana assembly polls on Oct 21, results three days later

The counting for both the states will be done on October 24 and the entire electoral process completed before October 27.
Updated on Sept 21, 2019 06:08 pm IST

EC says dissenting views won’t be part of final order

Chief Election Commissioner (C) Sunil Arora with Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa (L) and CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra (R) addressing a press conference in Lucknow.
Published on Jun 08, 2019 12:10 am IST

Clean chits to Narendra Modi and Amit Shah based on facts, not bias: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora Wednesday rejected criticism that the poll body gave clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah on complaints related to Model code violations due to its “bias”.
Published on May 30, 2019 08:10 am IST

EC submits list of newly-elected MPs to President for constitution of 17th Lok Sabha

FILE PHOTO: People walk past the Election Commission of India office building in New Delhi, India March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
Published on May 25, 2019 02:53 pm IST

EC decides to keep dissent within a secret, overrules Ashok Lavasa again

Election Commission decides to keep dissent within a secret, overrules Ashok Lavasa again
Updated on May 21, 2019 08:16 pm IST