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The Election Commission of India (ECI) reviewed poll preparedness for the General Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly 2021, on Mar 23. The review meeting was chaired by the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Sunil Arora at Tezpur as also later at Guwahati.
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Assam and West Bengal to have polls in three and eight phases while TN, Kerala and Puducherry will have a single phase election on April 6. Counting and results will be declared on May 2, the EC announced today
Election Commission considering the idea of providing voters with Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) in a digital format for easy accessibility.
Ahead of the state legislative assembly elections scheduled in the state of Bihar nex month, the Election Commission team led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora is on a three day tour to the state to review preparedness for the upcoming polls.
Ahead in the Delhi Legislative Assembly Elections, the Election Commission of India organized a brief meeting for Observers to be deployed yesterday. While the polling will be held on 8th of February, the counting will be taken up on 11th of February of the next month, noted the meeting where more than 150 officers were attendees.
Announcing the voting for assembly polls in Delhi by February 8, while the counting of votes will be held on February 11, the Election Commission on Monday affirmed that Electoral Voter Preparedness (EVP) programme is being carried out in Delhi since September 2019.
Ahead of the Jharkhand state assembly polls, the Election Commission team headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Wednesdy interacted with various stakeholders, reviewing the state's poll preparedness.
Announcing the election bugle, the Election Commission on Saturday announced that the state of Maharashtra and Haryana will go on polls on October 21, 2019 and the results for the same will be announced on October 24. While the term of 288-member Maharashtra assembly ends on November 9, that of the 90-member Haryana assembly expires on November 2.
Putting all speculations, debates and discussions on the re-introduction of ballot paper and dumping of electronic voting machines (EVMs) the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora confirmed that the elections will be held on EVMs and the ballot paper has become a history.
Presenting the report on the sample size of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slip counting to the CEC Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra, the Indian Statistical Institute recalled the varying demands for enhanced percentage of VVPAT slip count during elections in the country.
As the days are coming near, the Election Commission is getting very active and vigilant towards conducting a fair election. Holding free and fair elections is one of the biggest challenges facing the Indian democracy due to prevalent “abuse” of money power, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said on Friday.
With the Lok Sabha elections round the land, the issues relating to the EVMs and VVPATs had been on flames. The Election Commission of India underway the authenticity pressures citing the demands of the ballot papers amidst the upheading elections, met some of the party representatives on Monday.
"We are not going back to ballot paper days. This has been the consistent policy of Election Commission of India (ECI) for quite some time”, in this words CEC Sunil Arora dismissed all the claims and doubts about the issue of malfunction with EVM tampering.
With a view to focus on the electoral roll and meticulous planning for the elections heading, the Election Commission of India had organised a two day conference of the Chief Electoral Officers of all the states and Union territories citing the EVM and VVPAT assessment, training and extensive voter outreach. A comprehensive review of Poll Preparedness of the States prior to the General elections 2019 was conducted through these two days.
The Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora today reviewed the election preparedness of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh in relation to the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Various election related arrangements were reviewed for the smooth and peaceful conduct of elections a free, fair, inclusive, participative and credible manner.
Sunil Arora, aged 62 newly took charge as the 23rd election commissioner on 2nd December this year. After resuming the charge, the new election commissioner sort co-operation from all the stakeholders including the political parties, media, civil society and people at large in making the underway elections free, fair, peaceful, accessible and ethical.
Election Commissioner Sunil Arora is appointed as a Chief Election Commissioner of India. President Ramnath Kovind has appointed Arora to this post. He will take charge on December 2. He succeeds Om Prakash Rawat who retires on Saturday.
The newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Om Prakash Rawat has taken charge today. The 1997 batch IAS officer from Madhya Pradesh cadre will now succeed Achal Kumar Jyoti in the post till December 2018.
Om Prakash Rawat has been appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India and is the one to succeed Achal Kumar Jyoti. Rawat, retired 1977 Madhya Pradesh batch lAS cadre has served many crucial roles as a government officer. From Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Rawat has done masters in Physics and later has completed MSc in Social Development Planning from the UK.
