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West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee reacts as she leaves after casting vote at a polling booth in Kolkata on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Polling ends with record 67.37 per cent vote in 7 phases

Over 8,000 candidates were in fray for 542 Lok Sabha seats across the country in the Lok Sabha elections.

20 May 2019 1:35 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)

Federal institutions need to be stronger

The events seen in the duration of the prolonged polls must be seen against the larger canvas of national institutions.

20 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

Women show their voter identity cards in Chhapra, Bihar, on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

'64 per cent voter turnout in last phase of LS polls,' says EC

In the 2014 general elections, the highest ever voter turnout of 66.40 per cent was recorded.

19 May 2019 8:37 PM IST

The announcement by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav came less than an hour after Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati made a similar offer to the Congress for government formation in the Hindi heartland state of Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: ANI)

UP govt misusing machinery to make Gorakhpur BJP candidate win:...

In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, Akhilesh alleged that district administration is 'biased'.

19 May 2019 9:26 AM IST

CEC Sunil Arora addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

CEC Arora denies rift, says members are not clones'

The CEC said a meeting has been called on Tuesday to discuss this and related matters.

19 May 2019 2:58 AM IST

FIR against Cong MP, MLAs for campaigning on Saturday in MP

The case was taken on the basis of a complaint filed by district BJP president Kishor Shah who dubbed the Congress' act...

18 May 2019 8:15 PM 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.

LS polls results in Kerala to be announced later than usual

The counting of VVPAT slips will take nearly four to five hours. The results will be officially announced after the...

18 May 2019 7:19 PM IST

R S Bharathi also claimed the flying squad and surveillance teams deputed by the Election Commission are not conducting checks outside the Ottapidaram territorial limits. (Photo: Twitter | @RSBharathiDMK)

AIADMK bypassing security to distribute cash to voters of Ottapidaram:...

DMK claimed AIADMK workers were using party district office at Thoothukudi outside territorial limit of constituency.

18 May 2019 3:42 PM IST

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, and election commissioners Ashok Lavasa (left) and Sunil Chandra (right) address a presser ahead of the 2019 general election. (Photo: AP)

'Difference in views, should be': CEC slams row over Lavasa dissent

The three members of EC are not expected to be template or clones of each other,' the statement released by CEC said.

18 May 2019 1:53 PM IST

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, addressing a press conference, launched an all-out attack on the government and the prime minister over the Pulwama terror strike. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Cong slams Modi govt over election commissioner Lavasa recusing...

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa to stay out of EC code meet over clean chits given to PM and Amit Shah.

18 May 2019 12:13 PM IST

Ashok Lavasa to stay out of EC code meet over clean chits to PM, Amit Shah

Ashok Lavasa to stay out of EC code meet over clean chits to PM, Amit...

I am being forced to stay away from the meetings since minority decisions are not being recorded,' Lavasa said.

18 May 2019 10:46 AM IST

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BJP cracks whip on Sadhvi Pragya

In another development, the BJP on Friday withdrew Pragya from campaigning of the party for the May 19 Lok Sabha...

18 May 2019 4:11 AM IST