Page-2 of Topic: Elections in India

Five states celebrates their foundation day

The five states of India – Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh – have recently celebrated their foundation day on November 1. In Kerala, the day marked...

November 2, 2018

Seats in Sikkim Assembly

The Home Ministry has proposed an increase in the number of seats in the Sikkim Assembly from 32 to 40. The expansion will be the first since the State merged...

April 7, 2018

8th National Voters’ Day (NVD-2018)

The National Voters’ Day (NVD) is observed every year by India on January 25 with an aim to increase the enrolment of voters, especially of the newly eligible...

January 25, 2018

Gujarat to be first big state after Goa to use EVMs with VVPAT

Gujarat will be the second state after Goa to use the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system for the Assembly elections. Here, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will...

September 30, 2017

New Delhi hosted Chief Electoral Officers’ Conference of all States and Union Territories

The two-day Chief Electoral Officers’ Conference of all States and Union Territories has been inaugurated by Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Joti and Election Commissioner OP Rawat in...

August 20, 2017

SC asks government to formalise Election Commissioners’ appointment through Law

The Supreme Court has asked the Union government to formalise appointment of election commissioners through law. Need The Supreme Court has observed that even though the Election commissioners have been so...

July 6, 2017

Hamid Ansari re-elected as Vice-President

Hamid Ansari, who was nominated by the UPA for the Vice Presidential election, has emerged a winner again. He defeated BJP candidate Jaswant Singh.

August 9, 2012

ECI raises Minimum Vote Limit from 6% to 8% for state party

ECI (Election Commission of India) has recently increased the cap of min. votes a political party must get in Election in order to obtain the position of a...

December 7, 2011