Arrangements for vote countMay 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - All eyes are on Saturday's vote count. A glance at the arrangements the Election Commission has made for the mammoth exercise across the country:
* Total counting centres: 1,080
* Total counting halls: 4,260
* Counting staff deployed: approximately 60,000
* Secure arrangements for counting agents of candidates to witness the counting procedure.
Poll officials all set for counting in Chandigarh, PunjabMay 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Elaborate security arrangements have been made in the union territory of Chandigarh and neighbouring Punjab to ensure the smooth conduct of counting process Saturday, poll officials said Friday. 'We have completed all the arrangements for the counting of votes of 13 Parliament constituencies of Punjab.
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.
Poll panel orders cases against 2 candidates in HimachalMay 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expressing displeasure with two candidates in Himachal Pradesh who violated the poll code, the Election Commission Tuesday asked the authorities to file a case against them. The poll panel said that cases should be filed against Lok Janshakti Party's (LJP) Keshab Chauhan and sitting MP and Congress candidate Chander Kumar - both fighting elections from Kangra constituency - for having more than four people accompany them when they filed their nominations.
Over 65 percent vote during re-poll in DelhiMay 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Re-polling in two booths in south Delhi's Chhattarpur area saw 65.42 percent voter turnout Sunday. The re-polling was ordered in the two booths after they recorded 98.5 percent turnout Thursday, the Election Commission said.
Heat wave bothers poll panelMay 2nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Election Commission now agrees that holding polls in an Indian summer can sometimes be too hot a task to handle. Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, who was here to review election arrangements in Punjab and Haryana Saturday, said district authorities had been instructed to ensure that facilities are on standby for voters to cast their franchise in the fourth and fifth phase of polling May 7 and 13.
Poll panel seeks explanation from pension fund authorityMay 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Saturday asked the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) to explain why its advertisement of the New Pension Scheme' had been different from the version for which the poll panel had given permission. The poll panel asked the pension authority to explain the deviation and non-compliance with the panel's order for the advertisement which appeared in the Hindu newspaper.
Election Commission urges people to vote ThursdayApril 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Wednesday appealed to every voter - young and old, living in rural or urban areas - to exercise their 'most valuable democratic right' and vote in the third round of the general elections Thursday. In the third phase, elections will be held in 107 parliamentary constituencies spread over nine states of Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, and two Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Campaigning ends for first phase of Elections 2009April 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2009 came to an end Tuesday in 15 states and two union territories, which go to the polls Thursday. A total of 1,715 candidates, including 122 women, are in the fray for 124 seats in the first of the five-phased election.
Chidambaram gets poll panel noticeApril 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Sunday issued notice to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram for offering electoral incentives in Rajasthan in violation of the model code.
Poll panel notice to BJP candidate for inflammatory remarksApril 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Thursday issued a notice to Anant Kumar Hegde, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate from Uttar Kannada, for making inflammatory remarks in a poll meeting. The poll panel said it has come to its notice that Hedge conducted a election meeting in Mundgod in his constituency March 21, where he made a statement that 'if Muslims do not stop violence, it will be difficult to celebrate Id-Milad'.
Poll panel to make voting arrangements for refugeesApril 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Thursday said it would make voting arrangements for the people who have fled their states and are living in refugee camps in the country. 'The Election Commission will make all arrangements in the refugee camps in Jammu, Delhi, Kandhamal and Chhattisgarh so that people (living in camps) could cast their voters,' Deputy Election Commission J.P.
'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.
Uttar Pradesh: Notification for first phase of five LS election to be issued tomorrowMarch 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - The notification for the first phase of five phase Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh will be issued on Monday. A total of sixteen parliamentary segments will go for poll in this phase.
Poll panel to campaign too - for votesMarch 8th, 2009 PATNA - The Election Commission will launch a campaign during the Lok Sabha elections too - to motivate the people to vote, Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami said Saturday.
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