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Trivia: EC has consistently been a three-member body
A Supreme Court bench ruled in a 5–0 decision that the appointment of two additional ECs was legal, that the CEC was only primus inter pares (first among equals), and that the two could overrule the CEC.
08 May 2024, 02:55 IST
Trivia: EC has consistently been a three-member body
08 May 2024, 02:55 IST
Trivia: Polling checklist for the first LS elections
Take a look at interesting tidbits of history associated with the Lok Sabha elections.
06 May 2024, 05:17 IST
Trivia: Polling checklist for the first LS elections
06 May 2024, 05:17 IST
Trivia: For the very first time
The entire programme of the first General Elections took more than eight months to complete
03 May 2024, 05:32 IST
Trivia: For the very first time
03 May 2024, 05:32 IST
Trivia: No money no problems
As per the EC, candidates can spend up to Rs 95 lakhs for Lok Sabha constituencies and Rs 40 lakh for Assembly seats. The cap is lower in some smaller Union Territories.
02 May 2024, 02:49 IST
Trivia: No money no problems
02 May 2024, 02:49 IST
Trivia: It takes a country
As many as 3,80,000 reams of paper were used for printing the rolls and 56,000 presiding officers were appointed to supervise the voting.
01 May 2024, 04:16 IST
Trivia: It takes a country
01 May 2024, 04:16 IST
Trivia: Limiting absolute powers of CEC
In October 1989, just a month before the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appointed two new election commissioners, VS Seigell and SS Dhanoa.
29 April 2024, 02:43 IST
Trivia: Limiting absolute powers of CEC
29 April 2024, 02:43 IST
Trivia: Winning across borders
The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaqat Ali Khan was a member of the state assembly of the United Provinces (now UP) under British rule.
26 April 2024, 02:11 IST
Trivia: Winning across borders
26 April 2024, 02:11 IST
Trivia: SP-ecial record indeed!
Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav is the only woman to have been elected unopposed to the LS from Uttar Pradesh.
25 April 2024, 03:22 IST
Trivia: SP-ecial record indeed!
25 April 2024, 03:22 IST
Trivia : When were the first exit polls done in India?
Take a look at interesting tidbits of history associated with the Lok Sabha elections.
24 April 2024, 03:18 IST
Trivia : When were the first exit polls done in India?
24 April 2024, 03:18 IST
Trivia: Political leaders who won general elections unopposed
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from Surat in Gujarat Mukesh Dalal won the Lok Sabha elections unopposed after the Returning Officer (RO) rejected opposition candidate from the Congress and others withdrew their nominations voluntarily. This is not the first time a leader has won unopposed. Here we list some political figures who won Lok Sabha elections unopposed.
23 April 2024, 08:46 IST
Trivia: Political leaders who won general elections unopposed
23 April 2024, 08:46 IST
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