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Pavan K. Varma | Hold Census, Try Forge A Delimitation Consensus

Pavan K. Varma | Hold Census, Try Forge A Delimitation Consensus

The last major delimitation exercise was based on the 2001 Census, although the number of seats in the Lok Sabha...

20 Jun 2026 11:51 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | My Identity Is My Vote: Supreme Court & SIR

Shikha Mukerjee | My Identity Is My Vote: Supreme Court & SIR

There is a lot of back and forth that appears nerve-wracking and time consuming on the one hand, and expensive on the...

2 Jun 2026 10:21 PM IST

AA Edit | After SC Backs EC On SIR, Ball In Parl Court

AA Edit | After SC Backs EC On SIR, Ball In Parl Court

The court’s position comes in the backdrop of a series of litigations questioning the SIR conducted in several states,...

29 May 2026 11:33 PM IST

Aakar Patel | From Inclusion To Exclusion: How The EC’s Focus Changed Elections In India

Aakar Patel | From Inclusion To Exclusion: How The EC’s Focus Changed...

The recent removal of millions of Bengalis from the voters’ list has received the sanction of the Supreme Court and will...

18 May 2026 11:32 PM IST

AA Edit | As New CMs Take Over, Big Changes Loom In WB & TN

AA Edit | As New CMs Take Over, Big Changes Loom In WB & TN

Mr Vijay may have found the last mile of his journey to the throne made tougher by the governor for no reason but his...

10 May 2026 11:47 PM IST

AA Edit | WB Lesson: In Future, EC Can’t Keep Real Voters Out

AA Edit | WB Lesson: In Future, EC Can’t Keep Real Voters Out

The Election Commission has failed itself, the people of West Bengal, the Constitution and the very idea of electoral...

28 April 2026 11:11 PM IST

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AA Edit | Lakhs of Indians Failed By EC In Bengal SIR

It calls for the urgent intervention of the President of India, an office mandated to preserve, protect and defend the...

10 April 2026 12:25 AM IST

Sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran who is contesting as an independent candidate greeting voters at a polling booth during voting for the Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency bypoll in Chennai. (Photo: AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Supplementary’ SIR Row; LPG Pressure Amidst War

West Bengal voter lists row raises concerns over poll fairness

25 March 2026 10:21 PM IST

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

AA Edit | EC Can’t Act Arbitrarily, Rein In Transfer Powers

However, the Constitution does not confer on the EC the right to take over the functioning of the elected government and...

18 March 2026 12:12 AM IST

AA Edit | SC Order Reveals EC Trust Deficit

AA Edit | SC Order Reveals EC Trust Deficit

The judicial officers will now adjudicate claims and objections of the persons put on the “logical discrepancy” list, a...

22 Feb 2026 9:36 PM IST

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

AA Edit | Bona fide Voters Should Be On SIR Rolls

The EC was of the view that more than six offspring in a family, a difference of less than 15 years or more than 50...

10 Feb 2026 11:27 PM IST