Hyderabad, May 15 (IANS) Claiming that the Special Intensive Revision led to a change of government in West Bengal, Telangana Congress president Mahesh Kumar Goud on Friday urged the state Chief Electoral Officer not to carry out the process in a hurry. A delegation of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee leaders led by Mahesh Kumar Goud called on Chief Electoral Officer C. Sudharshan Reddy and submitted a memorandum, urging him to conduct the Special Intensive Revision in a fair and impartia…
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Bhubaneswar, May 14 (IANS) In the wake of the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) announcement regarding the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Phase-III exercise in 16 states and three Union Territories, including Odisha, senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra on Thursday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, urging the ECI to ensure a transparent and error-free SIR process in Odisha commencing from May 30.In his letter, Patra dre…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manoj Agarwal, was on Monday appointed as the state’s new Chief Secretary.”The Governor is pleased to appoint Shri Manoj Kumar Agarwal, IAS (WB-1990), Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal and ex officio Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs (Election), Department, Govt. of West Bengal, as Chief Secretary of West Bengal until further orders. This is issued in the interest of public interest,” a notification issued by Ad…
Amaravati, May 7 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has sought complete transparency in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Andhra Pradesh.YSRCP General Secretary and MLC Lella Appi Reddy has written to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Andhra Pradesh requesting that recognised political parties be provided with the complete list of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and voter data in a searchable digital format.Appi Reddy urged the CEO to share constituency-wise and booth-…
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday claimed that outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has become “irrelevant” in West Bengal politics after the Trinamool Congress’ defeat in the Assembly elections.Speaking to mediapersons after visiting the office of the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Kolkata, Adhikari also said that incidents of post-poll violence would not be tolerated under any circumstances.Adhikari, who won the Assembly elections from both Nan…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly elections of 2026 have been remarkable from various viewpoints, such as the peaceful polling in contrast to the state’s history of electoral violence and an unprecedented voting percentage. This achievement has been facilitated by three officials in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), who have discreetly overseen all operations as behind-the-scenes coordinators from start to finish.Starting from the special intensive revision (SIR) exer…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) An eight per cent positive vote swing in its favour finally enabled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to increase its winning seat tally by 129 and form the new government in West Bengal for the first time since independence.In the recently concluded Assembly polls in the state, the BJP has ended the tally with 206 constituencies, up by 129 from 77 in 2021. As per statistics available from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, this remarkable jump in the …
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) With just four rounds of counting still left, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is trailing in the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in south Kolkata by 563 votes against Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.At Bhabanipur, there will be a total of 20 rounds of counting, and at the time of filing this report, counting had been completed for 16 rounds.As per the official figures available from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, at the e…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Kunal Ghosh, Trinamool Congress candidate from the Beleghata Assembly constituency, on Monday said that he has “full faith” in the people of Bengal, claiming that the public is praying for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s win and showering their blessings on the party. In the Beleghata Assembly constituency, Gosh is currently leading with over 3,500 votes. He holds a margin of over 400 over the BJP candidate Partha Chaudhury, the Election Commission of India (ECI) trends sh…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Early trends of the Election Commission of India (ECI) showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading in the Jhargram Assembly constituency in West Bengal during the first hour of vote counting. BJP candidate Lakshmi Kanta Sau was leading with over 900 votes, while Trinamool Congress candidate Mongal Saren was trailing, as per the ECI trends as of 9:30 a.m.The counting of votes cast in the two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal began at 8 a.m. on Monday, with postal ballo…