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V S Sampath

Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath (16 January 1950) was the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of the Election Commission of India from 2012 to 2015. As Chief Election commissioner, Sampath has smoothly conducted the largest electoral exercise in the history of world democracies - Indian general election, 2014-the 14th general elections in India. Besides several reformation in polling system, Sampath also introduced NOTA, an option on Indian voting machines during his tenure.

Election Commission proposes making paid news an electoral offence
Press Trust of India | October 21, 2014 11:17 PM IST
New Delhi, Oct 21: The Election Commission has proposed making paid news an electoral offence to pro...
Election Commission proposes making paid news an electoral offence
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2014-10-21T12:17:11+00:00
2014-10-21T12:17:11+00:00
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CEC VS Sampath denies any differences with Election Commission
Indo-Asian News Service | May 11, 2014 4:36 PM IST
New Delhi, May 10: Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath Saturday denied any differences within t...
CEC VS Sampath denies any differences with Election Commission
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2014-05-11T05:36:38+00:00
2014-05-11T05:36:38+00:00
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Maoist threat: Bihar polling booths to have armed security forces
Indo-Asian News Service | April 3, 2014 12:10 AM IST
Patna, April 2: In view of the Maoist threat to disrupt Lok Sabha Elections 2014 in Bihar, armed sec...
Maoist threat: Bihar polling booths to have armed security forces
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2014-04-02T13:10:45+00:00
2014-04-02T13:10:45+00:00
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