Election commission

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

TRS working president KT Rama Rao seeks blessings of his father and Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao after taking oath as a Cabinet minister during a ceremony in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

With eyes on municipal polls, BJP looking to draw TRS leaders in Telangana

2 min read . 15 Sep 2019

Kerala set for another round of poll battle as EC announces Pala byelection

Kerala set for another round of poll battle as EC announces Pala byelection

1 min read . 25 Aug 2019

Chief election commissioner Sunil Arora. (Photo: PTI)

Poll body discusses delimitation in J&K after state’s reorganization

1 min read . 13 Aug 2019

Army soldiers stand guard in Jammu and Kashmir (photo for representational purpose only) (PTI file)

Elections in J&K likely to be held in October

1 min read . 31 Jul 2019

Rao, an economist by profession, said all such schemes should be declared unconstitutional (PTI )

Direct cash transfer schemes, freebies on eve of polls comes under SC scanner

1 min read . 02 Jul 2019

Senior Congress leader M. Veerappa Moily. (Photo: HT)

Referendum is needed on use of EVMs in elections, says Moily

1 min read . 17 Jun 2019

Polling officials seal an EVM and a VVPAT machine at a polling station after the end of the last phase of the general election in Kolkata. (Photo: Reuters)

Roads, boats and elephants: How India mobilised a million polling stations

1 min read . 24 May 2019

Union cabinet to meet on Friday to recommend dissolution of 16th Lok Sabha

Union cabinet to meet on Friday to recommend dissolution of 16th Lok Sabha

1 min read . 23 May 2019

Supporters outside BJP headquarters in New Delhi (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

BJP crosses half-way mark, ahead in 277 seats: EC trend

2 min read . 23 May 2019

Election Commission's mobile app to provide real-time counting trends

Election Commission's mobile app to provide real-time counting trends

1 min read . 23 May 2019

South Dinajpur: Police personnel stand guard near a strong room where EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) are kept, on the eve of Lok Sabha elections results, at Balurghat in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal. (PTI )

How EVM strong-rooms are secured as per the Election Commission

1 min read . 22 May 2019

A security jawan guards a counting centre in Mumbai (Photo: PTI)

VVPAT count to be held at the end like in the past, say EC sources

1 min read . 22 May 2019

Opinion | Integrity at stake

1 min read . 22 May 2019

The Election Commission has said that EVMs are foolproof and kept in strongrooms before counting. (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Ahead of poll results, opposition parties up the ante on EVMs

3 min read . 21 May 2019

Opinion | The EVM ball is in the election panel’s court

Opinion | The EVM ball is in the election panel’s court

2 min read . 21 May 2019