#Electoral

On Tuesday, Suresh was among hundreds of people who gathered at a ‘Jan Sunwai’ in East Delhi’s Trilokpuri, seeking answers over names they said had been wrongly deleted from the draft electoral roll published on August 31.

Going ahead, the persistence of these questions could return to haunt an institution whose credibility is pivotal for safeguarding the right to vote and nourishing people's trust in free and fair elections.

According to the Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office, after the SIR final list, Karnataka now has 4,55,00,011 voters, down from 5,54,32,314 before the revision.

The affidavit confirmed the Indian Express report that the 2 Election Commissioners had written separately to Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan regarding an internal work allocation order.

The affidavit says a Commissioner’s note is not a decision. But Sandhu and Joshi’s 14 notes were written after decisions had been taken without them.

GFP chief Vijay Sardesai had filed a complaint alleging that more than 50 voters from Curtorim were transferred to his constituency Fatorda, which he won by less than 1,600 votes in 2022.

Electoral defeat for the leaders of Israel and the US may not stand in the way of plans for a renewed assault

CPI(M), which alleged booth capture, intimidation and obstruction of voters and manipulation of counting, boycotted majority of Assembly terming the election as a “semi-fascist takeover”.

Poll officials warned of strict action against officials responsible for any recurrence of irregularities

As part of the campaign, the Congress will hold community meetings at every polling booth and appoint 'vote rakshaks' across Gujarat.

EC inquiry corroborated Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's charge of discrepancies in voter roll

"Many Indians might have forgiven Modi for his numerous missteps, but they are determined not to let him devalue their voting power," writes Asim Ali.

The cases include 13.79 lakh electors who could not be linked to the electoral roll of the previous SIR – conducted in 2002 – and 19.33 lakh whose enumeration forms were flagged for logical discrepancies.

Punjab Vidhan Sabha first in country to pass such a resolution, several speakers demand seeking Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.

Form 7 is used to lodge objections against the proposed inclusion of a name in the voter list, or to request the deletion of a name from the electoral rolls on specific grounds.

A translation error and lapses in verification left 158 entries with bizarre names in electoral rolls; CEO’s office seeks explanation from officials.

Bangalore Urban had the highest number of Form 7 applications with 24,268, followed by BBMP South (19,662) and BBMP North with 18,659.

Brazilian prosecutors and Indigenous organizations are pushing for transportation guarantees for Indigenous voters in Sunday's election

In the past few days, the ECI has made some hasty decisions that amount to admitting to its mistakes and atoning for wrongs caused by previous decisions.