Latest reporting on Election Commission (topic): 30 stories, most recently on 17 October 2026. Source-linked and updated as new reports are published.
Private legal practitioner Victoria Bright has called for consistency in the appointment of Electoral Commission (EC) officials, stressing that the Commission must command public confidence regardless of which political party is in power.
Africa · MyJoyOnline · Latest (Ghana) ·
They expressed concern about a ‘pattern of repression and wrongful detention’ during demonstrations against the CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR.
Elections · Scroll · Latest ·
The Supreme Court asked the petitioner to approach the Election Commission instead, after the Allahabad High Court had earlier declined to entertain the same plea
Courts & Constitution · The Hindu · National ·
Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways Alhassan Suhuyini says a proper reset of Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) would have involved replacing the existing commissioners and establishing a transparent process for appointing people with proven integrity and credibility.
Africa · MyJoyOnline · Latest (Ghana) ·
Congress workers weightly protested, attempting to block Union Minister V. Somanna's vehicle in Shivamogga over CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation demand.
Policy & Governance · The Hindu · National ·
Prakash Rajpurohit fills the vacancy left by Sanjay Kumar’s premature repatriation, amid concerns raised by Election Commissioners S.S. Sandhu and Vivek Joshi over IT department files not being routed through him
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
International corporate lawyer Victoria Bright has described the explanation that Afi Agbenyo’s appointment as Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) was intended to “tilt the balance” as deeply troubling, warning that it could undermine public confidence in the Commission’s…
Africa · MyJoyOnline · Latest (Ghana) ·
A large number of protesters gathered on the gurdwara premises while trying to reach Jantar Mantar to join the protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
Telangana Congress requests leaders to report to New Delhi for October 12 rally demanding scrapping SIR and CEC resignation.
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
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
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
Rahul Gandhi said the repair of democracy will begin once the CEC and the Modi government are gone, a day after telling INDIA bloc MPs the government would fall if the Opposition kept up its push
Policy & Governance · The Hindu · National ·
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
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
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.
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
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
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
He also pointed out how the BJP government brought in two legislations to amend the way in which the Chief Election Commissioner was chosen
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
In the video, it is unclear whether P. Sathyabama was referring to the 2026 Assembly election or the subsequent bypoll
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
[RFI] Somalia's election commission has announced it will hold parliamentary and presidential polls in April and May next year, but critics say the decision will lead to more conflict in a deeply fragmented country facing a long-running Islamist insurgency.
Africa · AllAfrica · Latest ·
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) The Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon organisers on Friday announced that runners at this year’s edition will not pass through Rail Bhawan, Sansad Marg and Patel Chowk as they unveiled a revised route amid ongoing protests against the Election Commission of India.
Sports · ThePrint · Sport ·
“Across the State, BJP workers are withdrawing the objections that they had filed against the inclusion of eligible voters under the Election Commission (EC) of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
While thousands of names have been deleted from electoral rolls using auto-generated Form 7s digitally signed by Electoral Registration Officers, no written communication or Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) has been shared with the election authorities in the States in this regard; according to…
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
Telangana Pradesh Congress Seva Dal president Middela Jitender claims that SIR exercise undermined citizens’ voting rights and posed a serious threat to the democratic process
Elections · The Hindu · National ·
The SC has issued a notice to the Centre on a plea challenging Section 16 of the 2023 law, which grants CEC and ECs lifelong immunity for actions taken in discharge of official duties; the provision is more expansive than constitutional immunities provided to the President and Governors; as well as…
Courts & Constitution · The Hindu · Elections ·
Protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar follow the precedent of the July agitation that ousted Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. His removal would be read as admitting the opposition’s charge, and protesters vow to continue.
Elections · Frontline · Politics ·
LoP Rahul Gandhi made these remarks after interacting with students, including activists of the party’s students’ wing, National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), who were injured during recent protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the weekend
Education · The Hindu · National ·