SC seeks Centre, ECI’s response to lifetime ban for convicted MPs/MLAs from contesting polls
Besides the Central government, the court asked ECI to submit its reply on the plea by a PIL petitioner advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.
Besides the Central government, the court asked ECI to submit its reply on the plea by a PIL petitioner advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.
The poll panel submitted a list of newly-elected candidates to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.
Among the assembly constituencies, Mustafabad registered the highest turnout at 12.43%, while Chandni Chowk recorded the lowest at 4.53% in the first two hours.
The ECI has also called upon citizens, parties, and candidates to report any instances of election related violations using its “cVigil” app.
Releasing its fourth and final list of 38 candidates on Sunday, the AAP has become the first party in the city to declare candidates for all 70 assembly seats in Delhi, even before the announcement of the assembly elections by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
IFES is a Washington DC-based non-governmental organisation that supports citizens’ right to participate in free and fair elections.
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma received a show-cause notice from the Election Commission for alleged violation of model code of conduct before the October 30 by-elections to the five assembly seats.
It asked both the groups to furnish the name of their party and the symbols which they wish to be allotted for the bye-elections by October 4.
The online competition opens on October 2, and the last date for the submission of entries is November 21.
The Commission would issue Gazette notification on September 6, and the counting would take place on October 3, said a senior officer of the Commission.
