Final electoral roll to be published on Jan. 5, 2024; addition, deletion, correction till Dec. 9, 2023 Bengaluru: The State Election Commission, responsible for preparations for next year’s Lok Sabha election scheduled for April or May 2024, released the draft voter list on its website yesterday. With this release, the Election Commission has initiated the…
EC reviews poll readiness
April 12, 2023Bengaluru: Following the announcement of Assembly poll schedule, Deputy Chief Election Commissioner of India Ajay Bhadoo reviewed the preparations that are being undertaken by the State Election Commission (SEC) with the senior officials at the SEC office here yesterday. At the meeting, Ajay Bhadoo reviewed the pre-election preparations, discussed about programmes to create aware- ness…
By-poll to MCC Ward 36 on Sept.3
August 12, 2021Model code of conduct in Ward limits from Aug. 16; Counting of votes on Sept. 6 Mysore/Mysuru: The suspense over the conduct of by-poll for Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Ward No. 36 (Yaraganahalli and Ambedkar Colony) has ended with the State Election Commission on Wednesday (Aug. 11) ordering by-election to the Ward on Sept. 3,…
EVMs are tamper-proof, says State Election Commissioner Vastrad
August 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are safe and none can tamper it, clarified State Election Commi-ssioner and retired IAS Officer P.S. Vastrad. Addressing a meeting of District-Level Officers at Zilla Panchayat auditorium this morning, he asked the people not to fall prey to vilification campaign by some vested interests claiming that the EVMs could be…
State Election Commission starts process for delimitation of ZP, TP Constituencies
February 14, 2021Bengaluru: With the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) and Taluk Panchayat (TP) polls scheduled to take place this year, the State Election Commission (SEC) has set in motion the process of delimitation of ZP and TP Constituencies in all districts of the State. The SEC, which has fixed the number of ZP and TP Constituencies in all…
Gram Panchayat polls in State on Dec. 22 & 27
November 30, 2020Model Code of Conduct comes into force with immediate effect Counting of votes on Dec. 30 Bengaluru: Ending the suspense over the conduct of Gram Panchayat (GP) polls in Karnataka, the State Election Commission (SEC) announced the schedule for the polls this morning at Bengaluru, according to which the polling will be held in two…
Gram Panchayat elections: State Election Commission to hold video-conference with all DCs and SPs
November 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the Gram Panchayat polls likely to take place at the end of the year, the State Election Commission will hold a meeting with all Deputy Commissioners (DC) and Superintendents of Police (SP)through video-conference on Nov. 17, to discuss the preparedness of the District Administrations for the conduct of polls. The video-conference in respect…
Gram Panchayat elections likely in two months
September 27, 2020Bengaluru: With the State Election Commission writing to the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) of Karnataka to begin preparations for Gram Panchayat polls, the election to over 5,800 Gram Panchayats of the State is likely to be held in October or November, 2020. The Election Commission has also appealed the State Government…
Election Commission set to hold GP elections in October
July 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Hinting at conducting the Gram Panchayat (GP) elections in October, the State Election Commission has directed all the district administrations in the State to revise the electoral rolls. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown that ensued, the Election Commission in March had ordered postponement of GP elections and stalling…
Gram Panchayat elections put off
May 29, 2020Bengaluru: Amid the nationwide lockdown, the State Election Commission (SEC) on Thursday announced the postponement of Gram Panchayat (GP) elections due to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic. The term of about 5,800 out of 6,025 Gram Panchayats in the State will end between June and August this year. In a statement released yesterday, the SEC said…
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