Election Commission of India And Its Main Functions
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Abhijeet Sen March 9, 2026 11:14 PM IST
The INDIA bloc parties including TMC and Congress are planning to move an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.
Gazi Abbas Shahid December 10, 2025 9:58 PM IST
The Election Commission said BLAs of all political parties will be given the list of voters removed from voters' list during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, who are either deceased or shifted.
PTI November 30, 2025 5:21 PM IST
Officials said the Election Commission took the decision to extend the timeline for all phases of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) based on internal discussions with chief electoral officers of states and UTs where the exercise is underway.
Gazi Abbas Shahid November 9, 2025 4:33 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi claimed that he believes like Haryana, elections were also "stolen" in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh using the same "vote theft" modus operandi.
ANI November 5, 2025 6:27 PM IST
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi alleged that 1 in 8 voters in Haryana are fake, claiming large-scale voter fraud and pointing to unexplained differences between postal and booth votes.
Gazi Abbas Shahid October 10, 2025 6:03 PM IST
CEC Gyanesh Kumar said work is in progress to launch the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in all states and a final decision on its rollout will be taken by the Election Commission.
ANI October 5, 2025 4:43 PM IST
CEC Gyanesh Kumar stated that Bihar Assembly Election will be held before November 22, when the term of the State Assembly ends.
Victor Dasgupta October 5, 2025 12:04 PM IST
A meeting of the BJP election committee for Bihar was held here on Saturday to discuss, among other things, the party's strategy and prospective candidates for the upcoming state assembly polls.
Gazi Abbas Shahid September 28, 2025 4:10 PM IST
According to the EC, 470 Central officers, including 320 IAS and 60 IPS officers, will be deployed as Central Observers for the upcoming Bihar Assembly Election and bye-polls in various states.
Gazi Abbas Shahid September 27, 2025 11:02 PM IST
The Bihar Assembly Election is likely to be held in November.
Abhijeet Sen August 17, 2025 5:16 PM IST
CEC Gyanesh Kumar has warned Rahul Gandhi that either he should give an affidavit or apologise to the nation. Scroll down to know more.
Abhijeet Sen February 18, 2025 11:30 PM IST
The second daughter of Gyanesh Kumar Gupta, Abhishri, serves as an IRS officer, while her husband, Akshay Labru, is also an IAS officer. Here are all the details about his academically rich family.
Abhijeet Sen February 17, 2025 11:27 PM IST
Gyanesh Kumar is a 1988-batch Kerala Cadre IAS officer who has been serving as an Election Commissioner since March last year.
Analiza Pathak October 16, 2024 3:15 PM IST
The helicopter was carrying Kumar and Jogdand to Munsiyari.
Tahir Qureshi August 16, 2024 8:27 PM IST
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly has 288 seats and the majority needed to form the government is 145 seats.
Video Desk June 3, 2024 7:06 PM IST
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar highlighted the success story of India's Parliamentary elections 2024 on June 03. He said that ...
Gazi Abbas Shahid April 26, 2024 4:06 PM IST
Earlier, at the March 16 presser to announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, CEC Kumar had noted," Almost 40 times constitutional courts -- the Supreme Court and the high courts -- have rejected pleas challenging EVMs."
India.com News Desk April 9, 2024 1:41 PM IST
The move comes amid preparations for the seven-phase general elections that begin on April 19.
India.com News Desk March 24, 2024 7:26 AM IST
The BJP is likely to name candidates for the Lok Sabha seats in five states states in its fourth list, which is expected today after a 3-hour long CEC meeting on Saturday which was attended by the party's top brass including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, party chief JP Nadda.
Tahir Qureshi March 23, 2024 8:55 PM IST
This is said to be the final CEC meeting of the BJP and is expected to go on until after midnight.
PTI March 13, 2024 8:54 PM IST
As per a Supreme Court order, the Election Commission will have to publish the details of Electoral Bonds shared by the State Bank of India (SBI) on its official website by 5 pm on March 15.
Ananya Srivastava March 11, 2024 11:21 AM IST
A plea has been filed in Supreme Court to restrain the Centre from appointing the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioners after Arun Goel's resignation.
Ananya Srivastava March 11, 2024 7:56 AM IST
Ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Congress CEC is expected to meet today, to finalise the candidates for the remaining seats. Congress Prez Kharge and Rahul Gandhi are expected to be part of it...
PTI February 24, 2024 10:12 PM IST
At the end of his two-day visit to Tamil Nadu to review poll-preparedness, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said the Election Commission would come down heavily on those officials who do not ensure level playing field to parties.