Supreme Court today rejected a review plea filed by Opposition parties seeking direction to increase VVPAT verification from five to at least 50 per cent of EVMs during the counting of votes which is due to take place on May 23rd after the end of the seventh phase of general elections.

No increase in VVPAT-EVM verification, rules Supreme Court after rejecting Opposition's plea

As we approach the halfway mark of the seven-phase 2019 elections, it is clear that this is the ugliest campaign in India’s 70-year-old electoral history. As a witness to three general elections and an activist observer or researcher in 12 others, one has never witnessed so much bad blood as this seventeenth general election.

Political leaders and parties must come forward to restore the sanctity of electoral practices

As the 72-hour campaigning ban imposed on him by the Election Commission came to an end, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Friday said that respect for constitutional bodies was part of the BJP's ideology.

IEW: Back from Ban, Yogi Adityanath Campaigns

The Election Commission of India`s (ECI) flying squad seized Rs 11.85 lakh worth of cash from Sion area of Mumbai on Thursday. The seizure comes as voting for 10 Lok Sabha seats which fall under Maharashtra`s Vidarbha and Marathwada regions is underway in the second phase of polling.

Election Commission flying squad recovers cash worth over Rs 11 lakh in Mumbai

These are elections times. This appears that unprecedented dirt-digging has been a key feature of this election. The Rafale saga goes on unending. We have had the very credibility of EVMs being challenged and proved baseless.

Many undesirable, dangerous trends in 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Every election season witnesses politicians making objectionable remarks against their rivals, and every poll season has the Election Commission of India warning the offenders and reminding them of the code of conduct.

Campaign ban on Mayawati, Maneka, Azam, Yogi: Election Commission needs more teeth to tackle poll code violations

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday called the Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu's Vellore constituency as cancelled. As per reports, a few days back a large sum of cash was allegedly seized from a DMK candidate's office.

Election Commission calls off polls in Tamil Nadu's Vellore over cash haul

Ferdous Ahmed was seen seeking votes for TMC candidate Kanhaiyalal Agarwal, and participated in rallies across Hemtabad and Karandighi. It has been asked to send a detailed report on whether Ahmed, who is in India on a business visa, has violated visa conditions by allegedly participating in campaigning.

BJP: Mamata Banerjee's TMC violates poll code of conduct

SC refuses to entertain Mayawati's plea against polls rally ban by EC. Election Commission has banned four politicians from campaigning and holding election rally for 48 hrs. Watch complete video to know more.

SC refuses to entertain Mayawati's plea against polls rally ban by EC

The socioeconomic prospects of a country are best measured by the social and political status enjoyed by its women. In that context, India became a trailblazer by granting women the equal right to vote from day one along with men through Universal Adult Suffrage.

Women shouldn't just choose their political representatives, they should become one

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the transfer order of Superintendent of Police (SP) of Coochbehar district, Abhishek Gupta.

TMC writes to Election Commission, terms transfer order of SP Coochbehar as arbitrary, biased and motivated

EC: Kolkata Police commissioner, 3 Bengal cops replaced

The Election Commission on Friday imposed a near month-long ban on holding exit polls beginning November 12 in the five poll-bound states. A notification issued by the poll panel said between 7 am of November 12 and 5.

Election Commission bans exit polls from November 12 to December 7

The Election Commission of India (EC) has extended the date for the final publication of electoral rolls in Telangana from October 8 to October 12, state Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar has said.

Poll body extends final publication time of electoral rolls in Telangana

The EC said, 'This has been seen from the perspective of census data and the annual increase in the numbers of the electoral roll and nothing unusual could be noticed. It can be safely concluded that there is no basis to dispute current electoral roll'

EC quashes Congress' claims of irregularity in Madhya Pradesh electoral lists

The Election Commission will hold biennial elections in 58 Rajya Sabha seats from 16 states which are falling vacant on April 2

EC to hold biennial elections on March 23 to fill in 58 vacant Rajya Sabha seats

The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission of India seeking permission from it to allow the use of AIADMK-Amma name to TTV Dhinakarn camp for the upcoming municipal polls

High Court issues notice to EC on TTV Dhinakaran's plea

The Election Commission said that it had written to the government to amend the law in this regard

Life ban for convicted MPs, MLAs: Election Commission to Supreme Court

The Election Commission had thrown open a challenge to prove that the machines can be tampered with

Issue of EVM tampering stands closed, says India's election panel after hackathon

The poll body has been maintaining that EVMs are tamper-proof and cannot be manipulated

India's Election Commission to hold live demo of EVMs, VVPATs today amid tampering allegations

'Sad that EC has backed out of hackathon,' the Delhi chief minister tweeted

Playing with words, Kejriwal says EC has backed out of 'hackathon'

The poll body said it would offer an 'opportunity' to political parties to prove EVMs used in recently-held assembly polls were tampered with

VVPATs to be used in all future elections: India's Election Commission

The RBI rejected the Election Commission's request to increase the withdrawal limit. A peeved EC has has now written back to RBI Governor

India's central bank, poll panel spar over enhancing cash withdrawal limit for election candidates

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