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Tripura election: 81% voter turnout recorded, EC says polls ‘largely violence-free’

Feb 18, 2023 - 1:18 am EST @theindpanorama 0

New Delhi (TIP)- The tentative voter turnout for the 60-member Tripura Assembly today was recorded at 81% with the final figures to be known only by Friday, February 17, the Election Commission of India (ECI) […]

Election Commission of India’s Gesture

Jan 21, 2022 - 9:11 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Putting off Punjab polls welcome, but Covid concerns persist The Election Commission of India (ECI) deserves praise for accepting a genuine demand by the state government and various political parties to postpone the Punjab Assembly […]

Democracy put to test: Change in paradigms of contemporary polity

Mar 16, 2018 - 6:43 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“The debate now veers around the reliability of the EVMs. Would they be the determinant of victory rather than public’s will? Two recent books and a Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, report on the risks […]

Parties issuing whip to face penal action EC on Prez poll

Jul 7, 2017 - 11:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Political parties which issue directions to their members to vote in a particular manner in presidential elections can face penal action, the Election Commission said today. It, however, said parties were free to canvas or […]

I cared about EC’s image, not my own, during EVM controversy: Zaidi

Jul 7, 2017 - 11:03 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): It was the Election Commission’s integrity and image and not his personal reputation that he cared about during the entire EVM controversy, former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Nasim Zaidi has said. “I was neither angry […]

Achal Joti takes over as CEC

Jul 7, 2017 - 10:58 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Achal Kumar Joti today took over as the 21st Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). After taking over, he said his focus would be to “vigorously pursue the mandate of holding free, fair, inclusive and credible polls. He said the poll panel’s mission […]

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