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As Delhi turned into a fortress ahead of the protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, mostly only people with government ID cards were allowed to proceed towards Central Delhi
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Congress aims for a landslide win in Graduates’ MLC election as Bhatti Vikramarka mobilizes cadres in Khammam for voter registration and welfare outreach.
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In the October 15 elections, the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) secured victories in eight of 13 state universities and in several colleges across the State
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The party made inroads into areas dominated by Muslims, who, according to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, account for 62% of the constituency’s voters
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She is likely to contest either from Garividi or Gurla Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC), which is the first step to get the chairperson’s post in the election
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He says the votes polled by the parties that contested against the ruling TVK shows that it has been rejected by a majority of voters
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The Court suggested lakhs of voters seeking inclusion in the West Bengal electoral roll should be heard first, while appeals for exclusion are taken up last
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The Voter Registration Officers have set up the camps for disposal of notices/claims and objections and enrolment of all eligible electors
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As part of the drive, 57,339 pending hearing cases were disposed on October 7 and 8, reducing the number of cases awaiting hearings to 2,85,834 of the total notices generated in the State
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Jairam Ramesh shared a screenshot of a media report which quoted a security researcher as saying that he warned the ECI and the country's cyber-security agency, CERT-In, about flaws in the Commission's voter-services website and its ECINet app in July
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Mr. Jha asserted that the 2025 Bihar assembly election was contested on the face of Nitish and his leadership.
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The decision assumes significance as both panchayat and urban local body polls are scheduled to be held next year
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Addressing the election preparedness meeting, officials assess the law and order situation, pending cases, arrests, crimes against women and girls, social media, political, and SC/ST atrocities cases
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In a fresh instance, the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of Goshamahal constituency spoke up against bulk submission of Form-7s and warned the political parties of action if BLOs are pressured into accepting such forms
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The Election Commission of India has responded to the INDIA bloc’s protest in Delhi, saying the Opposition’s request for a meeting outside the Commission’s headquarters was unusual and could not be accepted under established procedures.
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The focus is on the Assembly election, Akhilesh Yadav says, with the party preparing to contest all the Assembly seats
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Rahul leads sit-in at Akashvani Bhawan after protest march to ECI headquarters stopped; LoP says PM Modi “stole votes to hijack the country”; Opposition leaders demand CEC’s removal, scrapping of SIR and restoration of deleted voters in rolls
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He also pointed out how the BJP government brought in two legislations to amend the way in which the Chief Election Commissioner was chosen
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Election officials said the figure is expected to increase as voters who entered polling stations before 5 p.m. were allowed to exercise their franchise
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In the video, it is unclear whether P. Sathyabama was referring to the 2026 Assembly election or the subsequent bypoll
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As many as 21 sets of nomination papers were filed on Tuesday, the last day for filing nomination papers for the election to Karnataka West Graduates’ Constituency of Karnataka Legislative Council, taking the total number of nomination papers filed so far to 36 by 18 candidates
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Mehboob, however, admitted that a section of voters from those communities, who had earlier supported the Left, could have voted against it
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Says INDIA bloc will continue to protest over electoral roll issues; rules out UCC in J&K, opposes deportation of Rohingyas
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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath’s remarks came in the context of SP nominating senior Reliance Industries executive Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani to RS in the election this month.
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