Poll panel News

A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan was hearing two PILs filed by TMC MP Mahua Moitra and NGO Association.

Election Commission is seeking a major reform in amending the rules for candidates contesting polls. Poll panel suggested a hefty fine on the candidates vacating one of the constituencies and forcing a bypoll.

The Election Commission on Saturday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court and sought powers to deregister political parties.  

Achal Kumar Joti is a 1975-batch Indian Administrative Service officer.

Terming the Election Commission`s EVM challenge a "farce", the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday opened registration for its parallel challenge and invited people to hack the voting machines under the poll panel`s guidelines.

The Election Commission is likely to cancel the bypoll to the R K Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu following reports that money was used to influence voters.

Yogendra Yadav-led Swaraj India's plea for a common symbol to contest the upcoming MCD polls was today opposed in the Delhi High Court by the Delhi State Election Commission.

The BJP on Tuesday approached the Election Commission against what it called the "reprehensible and unethical acts of the West Bengal government of the Trinamool Congress".

Other applications include Matdaan for poll day monitoring at polling station, ELECOM for releasing election news or press release, e-counting, for viewing counting trends and result, SMS Poll Monitoring System, for collection of various types of information through SMS from presiding officer and sector officer.

The Election Commission on Friday withdrew the expenditure observer, who raided the house of Assam Agriculture Minister Rockybul Hussain, and ordered suitable action against him.

 All three members of the Election Commission of India will arrive here on March 14 to review West Bengal's preparedness for the assembly elections that begin on April 4.