Russian opposition leaders led a rally in Moscow of about 2,000 people Sunday to protest the city election commission’s decision to keep several opposition candidates off the ballot in a local election. Watch full video to know more.

Protesters in Moscow demand inclusion of Opposition candidates on ballots

Taliban fighters killed eight election commission employees on Saturday night inside a district centre in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, officials said.

Taliban kills eight election commission employees in south Afghanistan: Officials

There are no discrepancies regarding the voter turnout/and votes counted on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in Lok Sabha polls, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.

Election Commission didn't receive any complaints on EVM defects: Ravi Shankar Prasad

The Election Commission on Tuesday said it will announce the schedule for Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls after the Amarnath Yatra, which begins next month, making it clear that the electoral exercise could be held sometime later this year.

Jammu and Kashmir polls likely later this year; Election Commission to announce schedule after Amarnath Yatra

The Election Commission is yet to receive a final tally of mandatory matching of paper trail machine slips with EVM results of five randomly picked polling booths in each assembly segment across all constituencies.

Election Commission yet to receive tally of mandatory matching of paper trail machine slips

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be sworn-in for the second term on May 30 and some world leaders could be invited for it. Watch full video to know more.

PM Narendra Modi's mega swearing-in ceremony likely on May 30

Get set, count! EC has begun with the process that would ultimately decide which party and alliance could form the next government in the country.

Lok Sabha 2019 Results: BJP's Rajnath Singh leading from Lucknow over Congress' Pramod Krishnam

In a big blow to the opposition parties, the Election Commission has rejected their demand regarding VVPAT slips saying that the counting will take place as planned. Watch this video to know more.

India Election Watch: Election commission rejects VVPAT demand

The final result of the mega electoral exercise to elect the world's largest democracy will be announced today. Counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections will begin at 8 am and the clear picture of who will lead the nation for the next five years will emerge in the evening.

Lok Sabha polls 2019: Election Commission to start counting of votes for parliamentary polls in 542 seats at 8 am

The United States Wednesday said that it was confident in the fairness and integrity of the Indian elections and would work with whoever is the victor. "I would say from the US perspective, we are very confident in the fairness and the integrity of the Indian elections, and we will obviously work with whoever is the victor and whatever the outcome is there," State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus told reporters during an off-camera gaggle here.

Lok Sabha polls 2019: US says it is confident about fairness, integrity of Indian elections

The final result of the mega electoral exercise to elect the world's largest democracy will be announced today. The voting will start at 8 am. While all of you can access Wionews.

Lok Sabha polls 2019: Guide to check results, trends on Election Commission website and app

The Congress Party, which won the Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan in the assembly elections in December last year, is trailing in Lok Sabha polls in all the three states, as per official Election Commission trends.

Lok Sabha election result 2019: Congress fails to capitalise on assembly poll victories, trails in Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh

As India completes its 17th general election in 70 years, it is an occasion to answer pessimists, who have doubted the vibrancy of India’s democracy. When the venerable Economist had put India in the `flawed democracy’ category in 2018, I had suggested that the foundations of Indian democracy run much deeper than what the New Delhi-centric media may portray.

Revealing a vibrant democracy: Electoral reforms are the need of the hour

Former Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Wednesday said that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are tamper-proof and cannot be hacked. Earlier on Wednesday, the EC rejected the opposition parties' demand that VVPAT slips be matched with EVM data first before counting of votes on May 23.

EVMs are completely tamper-proof, cannot be hacked: Former Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi slams opposition parties for creating 'Needless Controversy' over Election Commission of India. Opposition parties alleges tampering of EVM.

PM Modi slams opposition for creating 'Needless controversy' over EC

The Election Commission of India rejects opposition party's plea to verify VVPAT. It is a major setback for the opposition parties as EVM tampering is a major issue coined by many parties in India.

Setback for opposition ahead of LS results; EC rejects VVPAT verification demand

On a day Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and fellow commissioner Sushil Chandra turned down his demand to incorporate minority view in orders relating to model code violations, Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa Tuesday said he still believes that transparency is important and such cases should be dealt in a time-bound manner.

I still say transparency is important: Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has a problem with our demand of tallying votes registered in electronic voting machines (EVMs) with that of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips, said TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday.

Election Commission has problem with our demand for EVM-VVPAT tallying: N Chandrababu Naidu

The Election Commission on Tuesday said that the reports of alleged movement of EVMs, purportedly to replace polled EVMs in strongrooms are "absolutely false", adding that visuals doing the rounds in sections of media "do not pertain to any EVMs used during the polls".

Reports of alleged EVM tampering are 'absolutely false': Election Commission

A day after lauding the Election Commission of India (ECI) for ''perfect conduct of elections'', former president Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the onus of ensuring institutional integrity of the poll body lies with EC and it must put all speculation to rest.

Now, Pranab Mukherjee expresses concern over alleged EVM tampering

After a few incidents of EVM’s being transported allegedly without any security were reported from Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission has come out with a statement calling the allegations “baseless and frivolous”.

Election Commission reacts on allegations over EVM tempering; says 'baseless'

At a time when the Election Commission is under fire from opposition parties for being biased, former president Pranab Mukherjee on Monday lauded the role of the poll panel saying the 2019 Lok Sabha polls were conducted "perfectly".

Former president Pranab Mukherjee hails Election Commission, says polls were conducted 'perfectly'

Top opposition leaders will meet in the national capital Tuesday to discuss the possibility of a non-NDA alliance staking claim to government formation and also move the Election Commission to press for their demand of tallying paper trail of votes (VVPATs) with electronic voting machine (EVM) figures.

Notwithstanding exit polls, opposition leaders set to meet, also to move Election Commission over VVPATs