Tag: Election CommissIoner
EC To Get 40 Lakh VVPAT Machines, EVMs By September 2018: Joti
The Election Commission will get 40 lakh VVPAT machines and EVMs by September 2018 for use in the 2019 general elections, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A.K. Joti said on Wednesday. ....
Om Prakash Rawat Appointed Chief Election Commissioner
Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat was on Sunday appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner by President Ram Nath Kovind, succeeding Achal Kumar Joti, an official statement said.....
Sunil Arora Takes Charge As CEC, Seeks Support For 2019 Polls
Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Sunday assumed charge as the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), a day after O.P. Rawat demitted the office, and sought support from "all the stakeholders" for conducting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.....
No Decision As Yet On SP's Election Symbol: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Wednesday said any question about a possible freeze on the Samajwadi Party's election symbol 'cycle' was "hypotheical" and the poll panel would examine the matter before taking any decision.....
Am Fine With Akhilesh, Problems In SP: Mulayam
Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday insisted he had no differences with his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav but admitted to fissures within the party.....
EC Fixes Jan 13 For Hearing On Samajwadi Party's 'cycle'
The Election Commission on Tuesday fixed January 13 to hear the Samajwadi Party's warring factions led by Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav to settle the dispute over control of the party and its election symbol of "cycle".....
Ballot Papers Are History Now: CEC Arora
Rejecting Maharashtra opposition parties' demand against use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the upcoming Assembly polls, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Sunil Arora said here on Wednesday, "ballot papers are history now."....
Retired IAS Anup Chandra Appointed Election Commissioner
President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed retired IAS officer Anup Chandra Pandey as Election Commissioner. ....
Committed To Ensure Inducement-free Polls In Telangana: CEC
The Election Commission of India is fully committed to deliver free, fair, transparent and inducement-free elections in Telangana, said Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Thursday.....
Plea In SC Seeks To Restrain Centre From Appointing Election Commissioner
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court to retrain the Union government to not fill the recently arisen vacancy in the Election Commission in accordance with the legislation which excludes the Chief Justice of India from the process of appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other Election Commissioners (ECs).....
