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Family members mourn near the body of the deceased after clashes erupted between locals and central forces during the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly Election in Cooch Behar. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Bengal violence erupted as all leaders...

What India is seeing is a generation of political leaders who are immature, who lack the poise of a leader of a national...

15 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Voters stand in a line to cast their vote outside a polling station during Tamil Nadu state legislative election in Chennai on April 6, 2021. (Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Polling peaceful in all five states, high voter turnout seals parties'...

Voting was held in 1.5 lakh polling stations across 475 Assembly seats in the four states and the Union territory of...

7 April 2021 7:59 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists gather during a roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in Varanasi. (Photo: AFP)

Freebies to allure voters, welfarism policy intervention: BJP in...

The party has no objections to the poll panel's idea that political parties should also submit financial viability of...

27 Oct 2022 1:05 PM IST

The party said that the allies were not concerned about the state but their own position in the new government.

AA Edit | Sena symbol: EC follows rules

Neither side should be given the advantage of the signs and symbols of the parent party in an election before its...

10 Oct 2022 12:15 AM IST

Union Health secretary Rajesh Bhushan (ANI)

Assembly polls 2022: EC, health officials to review COVID situation...

EC is prepared for the assembly polls and is expected to announce the dates soon of Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and...

6 Jan 2022 10:51 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

AA Edit | EC must show spine in making polls free and fair

Free and fair elections are undoubtedly the key precondition for democracy to thrive

14 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

AA Edit | Good formula to pick CEC, ECs

The Supreme Court was forced to step in when it was approached with a plea against the appointment of an election...

4 March 2023 12:46 AM IST

The Election Commission of India office

AA Edit | EC upholds reality of politics

This is much-needed as some of these parties were carrying tags which have long since become moot and did not reflect...

12 April 2023 12:10 AM IST

The election commission conducts FLC of new machines followed by rehearsals of EVMs and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPATs) before the polling day in front of representatives from registered parties.

NOTA outperforms SP, AAP, NCP among others in recent assembly polls

According to Election Commission's website, NOTA votes ranged as high as 2.1 per cent in Chhattisgarh to 0.5 per cent in...

11 Dec 2018 7:10 PM IST

The Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee chief, who is seen as one of the contenders for the chief ministers post along with T S Singhdeo, said it was for the high command to decide who would be chief minister. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Were not expecting such big blessing from people: Cong's Chhattisgarh...

The Congress was leading in 62 seats, well above the magic figure of 46, while ruling BJP was a distant second at 13 in...

11 Dec 2018 4:51 PM IST

The MNF was also leading on two seats, even as it crossed the 21-seat mark required to form the government in the state. (Photo: ANI)

Mizoram election results: MNF emerges victorious, bags 24 of 40 seats

The Congress party has won five seats, while the BJP secured one. The Independents have won five seats and are leading...

11 Dec 2018 4:43 PM IST

He said, The counting for the assembly election results will start at 8 am tomorrow and it will be done in around 22 rounds. 15000 officers and workers will be put on duty for the task. (Photo: ANI)

Madhya Pradesh assembly polls: Counting to be done in 22 rounds

Rao said, 'First trend is expected before 11 am so we have scheduled first press briefing at 11am and second briefing...

11 Dec 2018 8:39 AM IST