Election commission

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

EVM issue: EC must put speculations to rest, says Pranab

1 min read . 21 May 2019

Former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, supports Election Commission on election conduction. (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Pranab Mukherjee hails EC, says polls were conducted 'perfectly'

1 min read . 21 May 2019

EC to re-examine clearance to PMO, NITI Aayog for alleged poll code violation

EC to re-examine clearance to PMO, NITI Aayog for alleged poll code violation

1 min read . 20 May 2019

Final phase sees 64.11% voter turnout in 59 constituencies

Final phase sees 64.11% voter turnout in 59 constituencies

2 min read . 19 May 2019

A file photo of Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora (Mint)

A day ahead of last phase of polling, EC in yet another controversy

2 min read . 18 May 2019

Election Commission of India headquarters. (Photo: Mint)

Maharashtra government gets EC nod to promulgate ordinance on Maratha quota

1 min read . 17 May 2019

TMC chief Mamata Banerjee (left) and BJP president Amit Shah.

Election Commission halts West Bengal campaigning early in an unprecedented move

4 min read . 16 May 2019