Page 7 - Latest Updates on Election Commission of India
Will begin process of holding assembly polls in J&K very soon: CEC Kumar
The electoral exercise in Jammu and Kashmir is usually spread over a month
 "Will begin process of holding assembly polls in J&K very soon: CEC Kumar")
We need to dispel doubts, suspicions around electoral processes: CEC
Kumar commited to addressing concerns about the integrity of the electoral process
 "We need to dispel doubts, suspicions around electoral processes: CEC")
LS polls 2024: AAP, Cong join hands in hopes of unseating PM Modi In Delhi
In his campaign rallies, Kejriwal has tried to highlight bread and butter issues to supporters
 "LS polls 2024: AAP, Cong join hands in hopes of unseating PM Modi In Delhi")
LS polls: President Murmu casts vote in New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency
Murmu reached the polling booth at Dr Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, inside the President's Estate, around 9 am
 "LS polls: President Murmu casts vote in New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency")
LS polls: All you need to know about India's monumental election logistics
The voter rolls for all 543 parliamentary constituencies are available online, ensuring transparent stakeholder verification
 "LS polls: All you need to know about India's monumental election logistics")
LS polls 2024: Democracy thrives when people are engaged says PM Modi
Union Home Minister also appealed to the voters to come out and vote against appeasement and corruption
 "LS polls 2024: Democracy thrives when people are engaged says PM Modi")
Lok Sabha polls 2024: 60K police personnel, drones deployed in Delhi
Voting for all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi began Saturday morning in the sixth phase of the general election
 "Lok Sabha polls 2024: 60K police personnel, drones deployed in Delhi")
LS polls phase 6: Two former CMs among prominent candidates in fray
The Lok Sabha will be completed on June 1 after the seventh phase of polls in which voters from 57 constituencies will exercise their franchise
 "LS polls phase 6: Two former CMs among prominent candidates in fray")
Highlights of the day: Highest temperature in Raj was recorded in Phalodi at 50 degrees C on May 25
From phase six of general elections to United Nations's top court's decision on Gaza conflict, catch all the latest news from around the world here
 "Highlights of the day: Highest temperature in Raj was recorded in Phalodi at 50 degrees C on May 25")
LS polls: SC refuses to issue EC direction to upload voter turnout data
he bench said it would be difficult for the poll panel to mobilise manpower for uploading the voter turnout data on its website
 "LS polls: SC refuses to issue EC direction to upload voter turnout data")
Lok Sabha elections: What is Form 17C that EC has refused to make public
The ECI's decision has sparked controversy, especially amidst concerns over delays in releasing final voter turnout data and discrepancies between provisional and final figures
 "Lok Sabha elections: What is Form 17C that EC has refused to make public")
Lok Sabha polls Phase 6: List of constituencies, key candidates. Details
Lok Sabha elections: Eight states and UTs including Delhi and Haryana will go to polls in the sixth phase on May 25
 "Lok Sabha polls Phase 6: List of constituencies, key candidates. Details")
Publishing polling booth-wise data will 'vitiate' electoral space: EC
In its counter affidavit, the poll panel said there is no legal mandate to provide Form 17C to any person other than the candidate or his agent
 "Publishing polling booth-wise data will 'vitiate' electoral space: EC")
LS polls: 60,000 personnel, cameras to ensure peaceful voting in Delhi
'There are a total of 2,628 voting centres of which 429 are sensitive. Extra paramilitary personnel with drones and CCTV cameras will be deployed in these sensitive poll centres,' DCP Sehrawat said
 "LS polls: 60,000 personnel, cameras to ensure peaceful voting in Delhi")
Indiscriminate disclosure of voter turnout data online to cause chaos: EC
The poll panel said that public posting of Form 17C - which gives the number of votes polled in a polling station - is not provided in the statutory framework
LS elections: 8,360 candidates in fray in 2024 polls, highest since 1996
In the 2019 polls, there were 8,039 candidates, and in 1996, a record 13,952 candidates were in the fray for 543 seats of the Lower House of Parliament
 "LS elections: 8,360 candidates in fray in 2024 polls, highest since 1996")
Women make up less than 10% of candidates contesting Lok Sabha polls: ADR
Of the 8,337 candidates analysed, only 797 are women, representing a mere 9.5 per cent of the total candidates contesting across the seven phases of the elections
 "Women make up less than 10% of candidates contesting Lok Sabha polls: ADR")
INDIA bloc inching closer to victory with each poll phase: CM Kejriwal
On Monday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath addressed public meetings in South Delhi and East Delhi parliamentary constituencies respectively
 "INDIA bloc inching closer to victory with each poll phase: CM Kejriwal")
EC bans BJP candidate Abhijit Gangopadhyay from campaigning for 24 hours
Gangopadhyay's comment about Mamata Banerjee 'outrightly condemnable', says commission
 "EC bans BJP candidate Abhijit Gangopadhyay from campaigning for 24 hours")
LS polls: BJP has won 310 seats after 5 phases of voting, says Shah
HM Shah also alleged that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is leaving no stone unturned to "loot mineral resources" of the state
 "LS polls: BJP has won 310 seats after 5 phases of voting, says Shah")
