Election Commission of India
What is Election Commission of India (ECI)?
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is an autonomous and permanent constitutional body responsible for organising free and fair elections in the Union and States of India. The Constitution grants the ECI with the power of direction, superintendence, and control of elections to Parliament, state legislatures, the office of president of India and the office of vice-president of India. The ECI does not deal with the elections to the urban bodies such as Municipalities and Panchayats in the states and hence, a separate State Election Commission.
Powers and responsibilities
The Commission’s functions and powers with respect to elections are divided into
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AI, deepfakes real challenges before election commission: CEC Gyanesh Kumar
CEC Kumar added that a few days ago, photos of several voters were used in media without their permission to claim vote theft during elections
Give affidavit or apologise: CEC Gyanesh Kumar hits back at Rahul Gandhi
The remarks by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) came on a day when Gandhi-led opposition launched the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar and stepped up attack against the Special Intensive Revision
Voter list in machine-readable form can't be shared: CEC cites SC order
Addressing a press conference here, Kumar said that the voter list available on its website can be searched using a voter card number and can also be downloaded
EC can't discriminate among political parties: CEC on voter fraud charge
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said 'politics is being done' by 'keeping a gun on the shoulder of the Election Commission'
Rahul Gandhi to kickstart 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' from Bihar's Sasaram today
With the Assembly polls barely three months away, Gandhi, along with RJD's Tejashwi Yadav and other Mahagathbandhan leaders, will launch the yatra from BIADA Ground Sasaram
EC rejects voter data fudging charge, says parties missed scrutiny window
In a statement, the EC said the period for raising claims and objections after the draft voters' list is published is the appropriate time for parties to flag flaws
Public has woken up: Rahul shares new video highlighting 'vote theft'
The minute-long video is titled 'laapata vote' with 'ladies' cut out from between, a reference to the Kiran Rao-directed movie 'Laapata Ladies'
Datanomics: Migration overtakes death for voter deletion in Bihar SIR
These revisions removed 9.4 million voters, with 1.7 million and 1.6 million deletions in 2009-10 and 2023-24, respectively.
Publish list of voters deleted in Bihar SIR before Aug 19: SC to EC
SC orders EC to publish names and reasons for deletion of 65 lakh voters in Bihar's SIR by Aug 19, with booth-wise online access and publicity across multiple platforms
SC tells ECI to publish list of 6.5 mn deleted Bihar voters with reasons
The Supreme Court has told the Election Commission to publish names of 6.5 million voters removed from Bihar's rolls, along with reasons, and ensure the list is easily available to the public
SC asks ECI to detail docs considered in 2003 Bihar electoral roll revision
As the row over the SIR escalated, the bench said the EC had the residual power to conduct such an exercise as it deemed fit
EC notice to NDA MP, her MLC husband for possessing two voter cards
he Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) for Muzaffarpur assembly constituency has sent notices to the MP and her husband
Give proof, don't use phrases like vote chori, says EC amid voter data row
In a statement, the EC said the law for one person one vote is already is existence since the first elections in 1951-1952
SC says multiple documents for citizenship in Bihar SIR are voter-friendly
Bench notes that allowing 11 documents to prove citizenship is less restrictive than earlier summary revisions; hearing to resume on Thursday
Bihar SIR requires 11 documents, exercise deemed voter-friendly: SC
The number of documents in summary revision conducted earlier in the state was seven and in SIR it is 11, which shows it is voter friendly, SC bench said
Cong highlights 'vote chori' with video, Kharge asks people to raise voice
Rahul Gandhi also shared the minute-long video and said, 'Aapke vote ki chori aapke adhikar ki chori, aapki pehchaan ki chori hai'
WB chief secy summoned by ECI over refusal to suspend 'tainted' officers
The poll panel on Tuesday summoned Pant to Delhi to report in person to Nirvachan Sadan, the ECI headquarters in the national capital, by 5 pm on August 13
Bihar SIR row 'largely a trust deficit issue', says Supreme Court
Petitioners told the SC that the EC's Bihar voter roll revision reverses the burden of proof of citizenship and could exclude lakhs of eligible voters from electoral rolls
Aadhaar not sole proof of citizenship in voter rolls, must be verified: SC
The Supreme Court agreed with the Election Commission that Aadhaar cannot alone prove citizenship for voter lists and must be verified before including or keeping names in electoral rolls
We'll need some facts, figures on SIR of Bihar electoral rolls: SC to ECI
The Supreme Court of India had earlier said that it will step in immediately in case of a 'mass exclusion' in the SIR of the electoral rolls in Bihar
