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ECI postpones 2 outreach events of Gyanesh in U.P.

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has postponed two conferences in Uttar Pradesh that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was scheduled to address, officials said on ... Read More


ECI postpones 2 outreach events of Gyanesh in U.P.

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has postponed two conferences in Uttar Pradesh that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was scheduled to address, officials said on ... Read More


Objections within Election Commission: The change to Form 6, and how it may trouble first-time and many 'deleted' voters

India, Sept. 24 -- Two of the three Election Commission of India (ECI) members formally objected to a change in Form 6, the application that Indian citizens fill to get their names on to the electoral... Read More


'Invisible hand': Opposition questions ECI after report on commissioners' SIR concerns

India, Sept. 23 -- Opposition leaders on Wednesday questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s functioning after an Indian Express (IE) investigation showed that two of the three election comm... Read More


Two commissioners, one CEC, no veto: How the Election Commission decides

India, Sept. 23 -- Election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, two of the Election Commission's three members, formally objected at least 14 times in 10 months on decisions related to... Read More


From SIR deletions to Form 6 and voter database: Election Commission's point-by-point rebuttal amid row

India, Sept. 23 -- The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday said all its official orders, decisions and administrative directions carry full legal sanctions, and differing views and observations are ... Read More


Scrap SIR, poll commissioners raised valid issues: Ex-commissioner Ashok Lavasa

India, Sept. 23 -- Two of the three election commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, objected to decisions made in the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s name without their knowledge, t... Read More


SIR: 17.6 m voters flagged for 'logical discrepancies' as ERONET faces scrutiny

India, Sept. 23 -- Roughly 17.6 million voters across Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Delhi have received notices under a single, controversial category - logical discrepancy - as the Special In... Read More


Why ECI software ERONET is at the centre of the row over SIR

India, Sept. 23 -- Roughly 17.6 million voters across Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Delhi have received notices under a single, controversial category - logical discrepancy - as the Special In... Read More


Rajya Sabha polls: EC announces October 16 voting for 11 seats in UP, Uttarakhand; Bengal bypoll

India, Sept. 22 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the schedule for biennial elections to 11 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand along with a by-election t... Read More