Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the erection of temporary bamboo fencing around unenclosed polling stations — those polling stations without proper boundary walls — to prevent the entry of unauthorised persons.An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal said that in the course of investigation the Commission representatives have identified several polling stations at unenclosed school buildings without proper boundar…
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New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday began the distribution of Voter Information Slips (VIS) for the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections, with the exercise currently underway in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal (for Phase 1 voting), where polling is scheduled for April 23.According to the Commission, the VIS is aimed at providing voters with essential information required on polling day. The slip contains details such as voter particulars, polling station …
Thiruvananthapuram, April 6 (IANS) In a refreshing and unconventional push to boost voter turnout ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections, Kerala’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Rathan U Kelkar, has struck a chord with the youth, quite literally.A lively dance video featuring the senior IAS officer has gone viral across social media platforms, adding a rhythmic twist to the Election Commission’s voter awareness campaign in the state which goes to the polls on Thursday to elect 140 new legis…
Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anindita Mitra on Saturday said the state is fully prepared for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with all preparatory activities progressing in a structured and time-bound manner. Highlighting the progress achieved so far, she said a comprehensive pre-SIR mapping exercise has been undertaken across all districts of the state.As per the latest data as of April 4, 74.27 per cent of the electors in Punjab…
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday visited the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in West Bengal and protested against what he alleged were large-scale irregularities in voter registration, accusing BJP operatives of acting in connivance with the Election Commission.Speaking to media persons after meeting the CEO at the office in Kolkata, Banerjee raised serious concerns over alleged irregularities in voter registration, cl…
Kochi, March 6 (IANS) The Election Commission held a crucial meeting with recognised national and state political parties here on Friday as part of preparations for the upcoming elections in Kerala, with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar assuring that the poll process would remain free, fair and transparent.The meeting was attended by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, along with senior officials of the Commission, who interacted with representatives of major po…
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Wednesday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the increasing visits of its leaders from outside West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections, describing them as “political tourists” and claiming such efforts would not influence the state’s electorate.Reacting to the increasing visits of BJP leaders to West Bengal, Ghosh said such exercises were not new and had yielded little in the past.”See, it happens all the time. Th…
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The final voters’ list in West Bengal is all set to be published today, with voters’ names classified under three broad categories: “Approved”, “under adjudication”, and “deleted”.The “approved” category will include the names of individuals who have been classified as genuine voters.The “under adjudication” category will have the names of those voters identified under the “logical discrepancy” category, whose supporting identity documents are pen…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court, on Friday, sought report from Kolkata Police on the alleged heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari by a section of the booth-level officers (BLOs) in front of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.A division bench of the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, directed the state police to submit a report in the matter by March 5, acting on a peti…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) With the final voters’ list in West Bengal to be published on Saturday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to share soft copies of the list with the registered political parties in the state for transparency.At the same time, the ECI is keeping multiple options open for the voters to check the status of their names in the final list, which will have names under two additional categories of “under adjudication” and “deleted”, apart from those enlisted as g…