The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned whether legislative majority is a safe test to decide ownership of a political party when disqualification proceedings are pending against the MLAs forming that majority. A…
The Madras High Court has asked the Election Commission of India to consider framing guidelines to prevent MLAs from resigning immediately after elections and contesting bypolls from another party. The court orally…
Karnataka's electoral roll revision will now offer home-based document verification for senior citizens aged 80 and above, persons with disabilities, and voters who are unwell. The facility requires these voters to contact…
Survey data from Lokniti-CSDS shows that voter turnout among 18-21-year-olds in the 2024 Lok Sabha election was about 6 percentage points below the average, with sharp state-level differences. In Bihar only 41%…
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will chair a Regional Conference on Electoral Literacy Clubs and ECINET at Kalaivanar Arangam in Chennai on Thursday, with an interactive session for Booth Level Officers. The…
Actor Prakash Raj on Tuesday said civil society groups will hold an 'Election Commission Chalo' campaign in Bengaluru on September 1 to flag alleged flaws in the Special Summary Revision (SIR) of…
An RTI reply to Congress MP Isha Khan Choudhury shows that 91% of appeals decided by West Bengal's electoral roll appellate tribunal have resulted in voter names being restored. Of 82,000 appeals…
The Election Commission has launched a revamped outreach campaign targeting Gen Alpha and Gen Z ahead of the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. The poll authority plans to set up 50,000 Electoral Literacy…
India's political parties are increasingly using artificial intelligence and deepfakes in campaigning ahead of the next general election, raising concerns that existing laws cannot keep pace with the technology. In Telangana, an…
The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that nearly 80% of the 38 lakh appeals pending before West Bengal's SIR appellate tribunals challenge the inclusion of persons in electoral rolls, while only…
