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Survey to study voter behavior in LS elections in Tamil Nadu

July 17, 2013

The Election Commission of India will conduct KABP (Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviour and Practice of Voters) Baseline Survey in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in all the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu. The survey which will be conducted by ..

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EC mulls over to deploy EVMs with VVPAT

July 15, 2013

The Election Commission (EC) is cogitating on the option of deploying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in some constituencies as it will deal with the herculean task of conducting Legislative Assembly polls in Delhi, ..

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Election Commission directs all State district collectors to set up district level panels to monitor paid news

July 3, 2013

In the wake of increasing incidence of paid news and upcoming Rajasthan Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed all State district collectors to set up district-level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee. ECI has also recommended an amendment ..

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New hard plastic voter identity cards to be issued by EC

April 20, 2013

Election Commission planning to replace current laminated Elector’s Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) made of paper with black and white photograph with driving licence or a credit card like hard plastic cards. But, it will not be a smart card like ..

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India's first and ONLY Women Chief Election Commissioner Ramadevi passed away

April 18, 2013

Ms. V.S. Ramadevi (79), former Governor of Karnataka and former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. Ms. V.S. Ramadevi First woman to became Chief Election Commissioner of India. Chief Election Commissioner from November 26, 1990 to December 11, 1990. ..

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Results of Assembly Elections 2012: Congress wins HP

December 25, 2012

In Himachal Pradesh, Congress has made a comeback after five years by defeating incumbent BJP led government by a handsome margin. Congress clinched 36 out of the total 68 seats, whereas, BJP managed to win only 26 seats. 

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Results of Assembly Elections 2012: BJP wins Gujarat

December 24, 2012

Narendra Modi led BJP registered a resounding victory in Gujarat. BJP won  115 seats in the 182-seat assembly which marks the third victory under Modi’s leadership, but two short of the 2007 tally of 117. Congress won only 61 seats ..

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EC ponders over to ask govt defer cash transfer scheme

December 7, 2012

As Gujarat is going to polls on December 13 and 17, Election Commission is mulling over whether the government can be asked to hold over the process of implementation of the direct cash transfer scheme as it is receiving complaints ..

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Rs. 2,490 cr: Tax-exempted income of parties in 5 years

December 7, 2012

In the last 5 years the tax-exempted income of the 10 main political parties has reached Rs. 2,490 crore. Section 13A of IT Act 1961 exempts political parties from tax on their income. However, they have to maintain a book ..

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EC prohibits publication/broadcast Opinion Polls during election in Gujarat and HP

October 24, 2012

The Election Commission put a ban on the publication/broadcast kind of opinion poll during the period of assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. As per EC there will be complete ban on display of any election matter like opinion ..

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