Bengaluru: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) likely to announce the Karnataka Assembly poll schedule on Mar. 27, the Centre has reportedly asked the State Government to complete all plans, programmes and projects by then. Following the clue from the Centre, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has initiated plans for implementation of 2023-24 Budget announcements…
55 engineers to check each of 4,274 vote verification machines
February 16, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Over 4,274 VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails) systems arrived in the city on the night of Feb. 14 amidst tight security from Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad. On Feb, 15, the process of recording each VVPAT system through a barcode began. The systems were brought by a team of officers and…
ECI Director asks officials to work as per Election Commission directions
February 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Election Commission of India (ECI) Director Shubra Saxena has asked officials to follow the ECI directions and work in an organised manner. She was presiding over a meeting with Deputy Commissioners of eight districts coming under Mysuru Revenue Division, regarding poll preparations at the Regional Commissioner’s Office here yesterday. Instructing the officials to identify…
State likely to go to polls in May second week
January 25, 2023Bengaluru: Even as speculations continue over the announcement of Assembly polls schedule, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to hold the polls in the State in the second week of May in a single phase, it is reliably learnt. Karnataka is the only State in South India that is going to the polls…
5.05 crore eligible voters in State: Chief Electoral Officer
January 7, 2023Bengaluru: Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections, Karnataka State Election Commission has announced final voters list. There are a total of 5,05,48,553 (5.05 crore) voters including 2,54,49,775 (2.54 crore) male, 2,50,94,326 (2.50 crore) female and 4,502 others, eligible to exercise their franchise, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Meena on Thursday. Addressing media persons,…
An Hour for Democracy: Electoral Literacy Programme
November 24, 2022Unique Voter Enrolment Drive held at Colleges in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: With only one-fifth of the eligible young voters (17,000 out of 85,000 voters) getting enrolled in the draft electoral rolls, the Office of the Deputy Commissioner (DC), in association with the Department of Collegiate Education and Department of Pre-University Education, held a one-day unique voter…
Gujarat to vote in two phases on Dec. 1, Dec. 5
November 3, 2022EC announces poll schedule; Counting on Dec. 8 New Delhi: The Election Commission of India this morning announced the polling dates for the Gujarat Assembly elections scheduled this year. The poll panel convened a press conference to announce the schedule. The elections will be held in two phases and the first phase will be held…
Election Commission of India to present National Media Award-2022
October 23, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has invited applications from media organisations for presentation of National Media Award-2022. The award will be presented to those media organisations which have educated and created awareness among public about the elections through their publications and broadcast. National Media Award will be presented in four categories — Print…
Day-long special drive in city to link Voter ID and Aadhaar tomorrow
August 26, 2022Door-to-door drive to create awareness about VHA Mysore/Mysuru: The Office of the Deputy Commissioner will be conducting a special drive to link Voter Identity cards with Aadhaar cards tomorrow (Aug. 27) at all the Polling Booths and Wards across the city. The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, authorising the linking of Aadhaar with Voter IDs, was…
Step by step guide to link Voter ID with Aadhaar card
August 21, 2022New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched a drive to link Voter Identity cards with Aadhaar cards. As per the ECI, the aim of the exercise is to establish the identity of electors and authenticate entries in the electoral roll as well as to identify if the same person is registered in…















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