Mysuru: For this Assembly election in the State, Election Commission will be despatching Photo Voter Slips to voter’s residences coming under the jurisdiction of the corresponding polling booths. The Voters Slips will be delivered by the Booth Officer one week before the poll date. If the voter is not available, the slips will be handed…
Election Commission of India backs One-Constituency, One-Candidate policy
April 5, 2018New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has supported a PIL in the Supreme Court that seeks a restraint on candidates against contesting from more than one Constutuency. Under the existing legal regime, a candidate is allowed to contest from up to a maximum of two constituencies in Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly polls….
Keep vehicles in good condition for poll duty
March 30, 2018Mysuru: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing the Karnataka Assembly poll schedule, Deputy Commissioner (DC) K.B. Sivakumar has asked all Government Departments to keep the vehicles attached to them in good running condition. In a press release, the DC said that Government vehicles must be ready for poll work deployment whenever asked to…
Poll code violation will be dealt with ruthlessly: DC K.B. Sivakumar
March 28, 2018Mysuru: With Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing the schedule for the Karnataka Assembly elections yesterday, political parties and their leaders have come under scanner as the Model Code of Conduct came into effect immediately. Deputy Commissioner K.B. Sivakumar, who is also the District Electoral Officer, said that the administration will be ‘ruthless’, if there…
Summer of political heat: May 12 Election, May 15 Results
March 27, 2018New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) this morning announced that the highly anticipated Assembly Elections in Karnataka will be held in a single phase on May 12. The results will be announced on May 15. The 224-member House expires on May 28 this year. Election Commission will issue the poll notification on April…
Ahead of Assembly Elections-2018: Checking drive for cash at check posts from Feb. 20
February 5, 2018Mysuru: In view of the forthcoming elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, the Election Commission of India and the District Election Officer (who is also the Deputy Commissioner) have issued directions to the Police Department to check all vehicles carrying cash of more than Rs.50,000. The checking drive will commence from Feb.20 at all the…
State asked to put on hold transfers of three DCs
January 24, 2018Bengaluru: A day after the transfer of Deputy Commissioners of Hassan, Ramanagaram and Haveri, Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sanjiv Kumar has asked the State Government to withdraw its order on transfer till final publication of electoral rolls on Feb.28. Kumar dashed off a letter to Chief Secretary Ratna Prabha yesterday saying that “the transfer…
Ahead of polls, ECI directs Government to effect transfers
January 21, 2018Bengaluru: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the government to undertake a major surgery of the bureaucracy and the Police to ensure fair and transparent conduct of the upcoming Assembly elections. Officers posted in their home district or those who have completed three years in a district in the last four years or…
Karnataka ready for single-phase polls: Chief Electoral Officer
January 13, 2018Bengaluru: Karnataka is ready to hold elections to the Legislative Assembly in a single phase and this has been informed to the Election Commission of India (EC) during the visit of the six-member EC panel. State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sanjiv Kumar told reporters in Bengaluru yesterday that the State has adequate number of personnel…
Election Commission begins preparations for Assembly polls
January 9, 2018Bengaluru: With the State Assembly polls likely to take place in the first week of May, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun preparations in right earnest, with an ECI team arriving in the State capital yesterday. The ECI team, headed by senior official Umesh Sinha, comprises of other officials namely — Sandeep Saxena,…















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