Chennai, Feb 27 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Friday reviewed the poll preparedness for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, which will be declared in the coming days, announcing that female voters continue to outnumber male voters in the state.Following a comprehensive electoral roll revision, the state’s total electorate stands at 5,67,07,380, comprising 2,89,60,838 women and 2,77,38,925 men with female voters outnumbering their male counterparts.Addressing a…
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New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Election Commission of India and State Election Commissions have resolved to work together more closely to strengthen electoral processes and uphold national and constitutional interests, following the National Round Table Conference held at Bharat Mandapam in the national Capital.The conference, organised by the Election Commission of India, concluded on Tuesday and saw participation from State Election Commissioners of 30 states.It was chaired by Chief Election Com…
Puducherry, Feb 25 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, on Wednesday, held a series of high-level consultations with recognised national and state political parties in Puducherry as part of the Election Commission of India’s preparedness for the upcoming Assembly elections.The Commission’s visit assumes significance amid heightened political activity in the Union Territory, with political parties intensi…
Chennai, Feb 25 (IANS) With Assembly elections scheduled in April and May across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and the Union Territory of Puducherry, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar is set to undertake a crucial two-day visit to Puducherry and Tamil Nadu to review poll preparedness. Gyanesh Kumar will arrive in Puducherry on Wednesday afternoon around 2 p.m., where he is expected to hold detailed consultations with senior officials, including Chief Secretary Sharath Chau…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday underscored the importance of strengthening institutional coordination between the ECI and State Election Commissioners. Speaking at the National Round Table Conference of ECI and State Election Commissioners (SECs), the CEC emphasised the need for harmonised approaches to electoral roll management, the adoption of technology, and the sharing of best practices to further enhance the integrity and efficiency of elect…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday chaired a National Round Table Conference of the ECI and State Election Commissioners (SECs) that resolved to synergise laws related to panchayats and civic polls with those for parliamentary and state Assembly elections.A National Declaration 2026 issued after the day-long conference at the Bharat Mandapam said that the ECI suggested working out mutually acceptable mechanisms and legally viable frameworks to synergise…
New Delhi/Gandhinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) will convene a ‘National Round Table Conference’ with the State Election Commissioners on Tuesday at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, marking the first such meeting in 27 years, officials said on Monday.The last conference of this kind was held in 1999.The forthcoming meeting is aimed at enhancing coordination between the ECI and the State Election Commissions (SECs) on electoral processes and logistics.The conference will …
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Chief Justice, Sujoy Paul, will chair a crucial meeting on Saturday to finalise the blueprint for appointment of serving, as well as retired judicial officers to oversee adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal, which was directed by a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Friday.The meeting to be chaired by Justice Paul will be attended, among ot…
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Trinamool Congress legislator from Canning (Purba) Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, Saokat Molla, on Friday registered an FIR against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar at the local Jibantala Police station, accusing the latter of being responsible for the deletion of several genuine voters within that Assembly constituency. Molla arrived physically at the Jibantala Police Station on Friday afternoon and registered the FIR ag…
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s order on Friday directing deployment of serving as well as retired judicial officers to oversee adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal has received mixed reactions from the political parties in the state.Union Minister of State and former president of BJP’s West Bengal unit Sukanta Majumdar said that the Apex Court’s order on Friday is a matter of sha…