Election commission

Election Commission of India. Photo: Mint

EC renews bid to link Aadhaar, voter id; law ministry may move cabinet note

1 min read . 19 Feb 2020

The apex court has held that the merit of the candidate is as important as ‘winnability’.

Publish details of tainted candidates: SC to parties

2 min read . 14 Feb 2020

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora (Photo: PTI)

EVMs cannot be tampered with, no question of going back to ballot paper: CEC

1 min read . 12 Feb 2020

Security personnel outside a strong room at a counting centre in Akshardham, New Delhi, on Sunday. (PTI)

A day after Delhi votes, election panel pegs final turnout at 62.59%

2 min read . 09 Feb 2020

Union minister and BJP MP Anurag Thakur. (PTI)

EC orders removal of Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Singh from BJP’s star campaigner

1 min read . 29 Jan 2020

The top court had said measures to weed out criminal elements from politics if implemented in true spirit and right earnestness will strengthen the democratic set-up. (Photo: Reuters)

SC asks EC to devise mechanism to curb criminalization of politics

2 min read . 24 Jan 2020

the Congress is working to revive its strength in the city state where it was once in power for three consecutive terms until 2013.. Photo: Mint

AAP, BJP gear up for prestige fight as Delhi goes to polls on 8 February

2 min read . 06 Jan 2020

Exit polls predict 'hung assembly' (Photo: PTI)

Counting of votes for 81 Jharkhand Assembly seats today

1 min read . 23 Dec 2019

Elderly voters at a polling station in Dhanbad, Monday.pti

62.66% polling in fourth phase of Jharkhand polls

1 min read . 17 Dec 2019

The Election Commission of India (ECI) rose in stature during the 1990s (Mint file)

How the ECI grew in stature

1 min read . 13 Nov 2019

T.N. Seshan became chief election commissioner when coalition politics was at its peak. (HT)

TN Seshan helped transform EC into a more effective institution

3 min read . 12 Nov 2019

TN Sheshan was born in 1932 at Thirunellai, Palakkad district of Kerala. (Photo: HT)

Seshan's bold initiatives led India's game-changing electoral reforms

2 min read . 11 Nov 2019

File photo of T.N. Seshan who died at the age of 86 (Photo: @satyajeettambe on Twitter)

Former CEC T.N. Seshan dies in Chennai

1 min read . 11 Nov 2019

Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das. (HT)

Jharkhand to vote in five phases, verdict on 23 December

2 min read . 02 Nov 2019

Polling officials, carrying the electronic voting machines and other necessary inputs, leave for their poll duty, on the eve of Haryana assembly elections, in Sonipat, Sunday. (PTI)

Haryana polls: Over 89 lakh young voters to play key role

1 min read . 20 Oct 2019

Elections to the 90-member Haryana Assembly will be held on October 21. (Mint)

Election Commission announces ban on exit polls from 7 am to 6 pm on October 21

1 min read . 15 Oct 2019

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's wife under income tax department scanner

1 min read . 23 Sep 2019

A three-judge bench, headed by justice N V Ramana, agreed to hear the plea for interim relief sought by the disqualified Karnataka. (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

SC seeks EC’s response on plea by disqualified MLAs against Karnataka bypolls

2 min read . 23 Sep 2019

The states where assembly bypolls will be held are Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, MP, Meghalaya, Odisha and Puducherry (one seat each).

EC announces bypolls to 2 more assembly seats in Gujarat

1 min read . 22 Sep 2019

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa (HT file)

Karnataka bypolls on 15 seats on October 21

1 min read . 21 Sep 2019

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