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Chief Election Commissioner

Maharashtra poll review: EC warns of action on complaints of voter inconvenience

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar also expressed "displeasure" over low seizures during LS elections and conveyed zero tolerance towards distribution of any kind of inducements or freebies in the forthcoming assembly elections.

27 September 2024, 10:17 IST

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: EC warns of action on complaints of voter inconvenience during poll review

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: EC warns of action on complaints of voter inconvenience during poll review

Maharashtra poll review: EC warns of action on complaints of voter inconvenience

27 September 2024, 10:17 IST

Lok Sabha Polls: Madras High Court orders notice to Dayanidhi Maran, Election Commission

Justice N Anand Venkatesh ordered notice on an election petition filed by M L Ravi, President of Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi, who contested in the election from the Chennai Central segment.

30 August 2024, 12:20 IST

Lok Sabha Polls: Madras High Court orders notice to Dayanidhi Maran, Election Commission

Lok Sabha Polls: Madras High Court orders notice to Dayanidhi Maran, Election Commission

Lok Sabha Polls: Madras High Court orders notice to Dayanidhi Maran, Election Commission

30 August 2024, 12:20 IST

CEC Rajiv Kumar, ECs meet President Murmu to submit names of new Lok Sabha members

Murmu signed the order dissolving the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and it read, 'In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by Sub–clause (b) of Clause (2) of Article 85 of the Constitution, I hereby dissolve the Seventeenth Lok Sabha.'

06 June 2024, 16:27 IST

CEC Rajiv Kumar, ECs meet President Murmu to submit names of new Lok Sabha members

CEC Rajiv Kumar, ECs meet President Murmu to submit names of new Lok Sabha members

CEC Rajiv Kumar, ECs meet President Murmu to submit names of new Lok Sabha members

06 June 2024, 16:27 IST

Strict instructions passed to ensure full transparency in counting process: CEC Kumar

He said strict instructions have been given to all chief electoral officers, district magistrates, observers and superintendents of police to ensure transparency in the counting process according to rules.

04 June 2024, 04:36 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | Strict instructions passed to ensure full transparency in counting process: CEC Kumar

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | Strict instructions passed to ensure full transparency in counting process: CEC Kumar

Strict instructions passed to ensure full transparency in counting process: CEC Kumar

04 June 2024, 04:36 IST

CEC Rajiv Kumar dares Opposition to give proof of attempts to influence poll process

The opposition should also tell the Commission about those trying to influence the poll process before the counting of votes begins, Kumar said at a press conference.

03 June 2024, 11:09 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | CEC Rajiv Kumar dares Opposition to give proof of attempts to influence poll process

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | CEC Rajiv Kumar dares Opposition to give proof of attempts to influence poll process

CEC Rajiv Kumar dares Opposition to give proof of attempts to influence poll process

03 June 2024, 11:09 IST

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

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Trivia: EC has consistently been a three-member body

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Trivia: EC has consistently been a three-member body

Trivia: EC has consistently been a three-member body

08 May 2024, 02:55 IST

EC operates in persuasive space to motivate people to enrol, cast ballot: CEC Kumar

Among the 23 countries whose election management body representatives are here to observe the ongoing Lok Sabha polls are Australia, Russia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

05 May 2024, 16:51 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | EC operates in persuasive space to motivate people to enrol, cast ballot: CEC Kumar

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | EC operates in persuasive space to motivate people to enrol, cast ballot: CEC Kumar

EC operates in persuasive space to motivate people to enrol, cast ballot: CEC Kumar

05 May 2024, 16:51 IST

Trivia: India's first woman Chief Election Commissioner

Take a look at interesting tidbits of history associated with the Lok Sabha elections.

28 March 2024, 14:38 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Trivia: India's first woman Chief Election Commissioner

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Trivia: India's first woman Chief Election Commissioner

Trivia: India's first woman Chief Election Commissioner

28 March 2024, 14:38 IST

Lok Sabha polls: J&K to vote in 5 phases as Union Territory

This will be the first Lok Sabha elections since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019 — a move that was later upheld on December 11, 2023 by a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court.

20 March 2024, 18:53 IST

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Jammu and Kashmir to vote in five phases

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Jammu and Kashmir to vote in five phases

Lok Sabha polls: J&K to vote in 5 phases as Union Territory

20 March 2024, 18:53 IST

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Mizoram to vote in one phase on April 19 for solitary seat

Vote counting in Mizoram will take place on June 4.

18 March 2024, 09:56 IST

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Mizoram to vote in one phase on April 19 for solitary seat

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Mizoram to vote in one phase on April 19 for solitary seat

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Mizoram to vote in one phase on April 19 for solitary seat

18 March 2024, 09:56 IST