EC offers fresh voting in Maoist area of MaharashtraOctober 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - People in 22 polling stations in the Maoist-affected areas of Maharashtra, where poll officials could not reach Tuesday, will be given another opportunity to vote, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla said here. Chawla said the polling was "very satisfactory" and the "morale was extremely" high in the Maoist-hit polling stations in Maharashtra.
Chawla asks Maharashtra voters to go along with family to polling boothOctober 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of Maharashtra assembly polls, chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla has said that voters should go with their families at polling booths in order to prevent bogus voting. "It is necessary because the ration cards in Maharashtra do not carry photos of the family members.
Model code comes into effect in poll-bound statesAugust 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The model code of conduct in poll-bound Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana and Maharashtra, where voting to elect new state governments will be held Oct 13, came into effect Monday. The model code of conduct comes into effect from today (Monday) in the all three states, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla told reporters while announcing the poll schedule for the three Congress-ruled states.
All set to count votes May 16: Naveen ChawlaMay 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for the counting of votes May 16 and all proceedings will be videographed, Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla said here Wednesday. An approximate 60,000 counting staff will carry out the counting exercise in 4,260 counting halls in 1,080 counting centres in the country, Chawla said at a press conference.
Election Commission 'immensely satisfied' with polls: Naveen ChawlaMay 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Wednesday said it was 'immensely satisfied' with the entire process of the staggered five-phase general elections that started April 16 and ended May 13. 'Barring a few incidents of violence, the entire poll process has been largely peaceful,' Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla said at a press conference here.
Navin Chawla finally casts his voteMay 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI/JAIPUR - After some confusion about which polling booth he was listed in, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla on Thursday finally cast his vote in New Delhi. There was some initial confusion as to which was Chawla's polling booth before he finally landed with his wife and daughter at booth number 86 that was located in Nirman Bhavan.
Name missing initially, but CEC Chawla finally votesMay 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After some confusion about which polling booth he was listed in, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla Thursday voted in the 15th Lok Sabha elections. Chawla along with his wife and daughter exercised their franchise at booth number 86 in Nirman Bhawan that houses government offices and has been turned into a VIP polling station for the elections in the New Delhi constituency.
Election Commission works as a team: Navin ChawlaApril 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taking charge as the new Chief Election Commissioner of the country, Navin Chawla Tuesday asserted that the poll panels works as a team and decisions are taken in consensus. 'We are here before you not as one individual but all three of us together.
Poll panel warns 'dummy' candidatesApril 14th, 2009 BHOPAL - The Election Commission will file cases against candidates found campaigning for other contestants in the same constituency, Election Commissioner Navin Chawla said here Tuesday. 'The Election Commission is going to keep a close watch on such candidates,' Chawla told reporters.
Naveen Chawla to review MP poll preparedness todayApril 13th, 2009 BHOPAL - Election Commissioner Navin Chawla will arrive here this afternoon to review poll preparedness in Madhya Pradesh for the coming Lok Sabha polls. During his two-day visit, Chawla will hold meeting with representatives of political parties.
Naveen Chawla to review Bihar poll preparedness todayApril 6th, 2009 PATNA - Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla will arrive here today to review poll preparedness in Bihar for the coming Lok Sabha polls. During his visit, Chawla will hold discussion with senior officials of the state to ensure free and fair polls.
'Zero tolerance against model code of conduct violation'March 25th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The Election Commission Tuesday warned of 'zero tolerance' with regard to violation of the model code of conduct, as the poll panel assured a free and fair election during the five-phase voting process that begins April 16. 'There shall be zero tolerance against anybody violating the model code of conduct,' Election Commissioner Navin Chawla told journalists here.
Naveen Chawla to arrive in Guwahati todayMarch 23rd, 2009 GUWAHATI - Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla will arrive here on a two-day visit today to review poll preparedness for the coming Lok Sabha polls. Chawla will be accompanied by two Deputy Election Commissioners Dr Alok Shukla and J P Prakash.
Navin Chawla to be next chief election commissionerMarch 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Navin Chawla will be the next chief election commissioner as President Pratibha Patil Wednesday approved the appointment, officials said here. Chawla, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1969 batch, will take over the charge after the incumbent, N.
'CEC had told Chawla a year ago that he should be removed'January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The unseemly fracas that has gripped India's poll panel began a year ago when Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami wrote to fellow member Navin Chawla saying he found his behaviour to be partisan and he should be removed.
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