ELECTION COMMISSION

EC defers Kerala Rajya Sabha bypoll over Covid 2nd wave

7:50 pm May 28, 2021

New Delhi: Citing the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Election Commission Friday decided to defer a proposed Rajya Sabha bypoll for a seat from Kerala. The Commission said that Kerala Congress (M) leader Jose K Mani had resigned as a Rajya Sabha member from Kerala on January 11 this year. His term in […]

COVID-19 management not our prerogative, EC tells SC

6:27 pm May 3, 2021

New Delhi: The Election Commission, rattled over the strong high court observations related to conducting of just concluded assembly elections, told the Supreme Court on Monday that COVID-19 management was not its prerogative and it does not run the governance of the state. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah was […]

EC orders repolling in city booth

10:58 pm April 13, 2021

Chennai: The Election Commission on Tuesday ordered repoll in a booth under the Velachery Assembly segment here, to be held on April 17. The action comes in the wake of two men found carrying EVMs/VVPAT machine on a two-wheeler, with various political parties and contesting candidates demanding action. According to an EC communication to the […]

Mizoram CM, church groups write to EC seeking bypoll deferment

11:35 pm March 19, 2021

Aizawl: Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has written to the Election Commission seeking deferment of the bypoll to Serchhip assembly seat slated for April 17, an official of the CMO said on Friday. Zoramthanga also sought postponement of the date of counting by a day or two, The official said that the chief minister in his letter on Wednesday urged the poll […]

P C Thomas-led Kerala Congress quits NDA, merges with Joseph faction

11:14 pm March 17, 2021

Kochi: Ahead of the April 6 Assembly polls, the Kerala Congress headed by former Union Minister P C Thomas on Wednesday quit the BJP-led NDA and merged with another Kerala Congress faction headed by P J Joseph, which is a constituent of the Congress-led UDF. Thomas, who helped the NDA register its first electoral victory in Kerala by winning the 2004 Lok Sabha polls from then Muvattupuzha seat, quit the […]

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