Election commission

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

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