Sunil Arora

Poll Body May Revisit Penal Provision On Test Vote: Sunil Arora

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 5, 2019

The Election Commission may "revisit" a rule that provides for prosecution of an elector if a complaint of EVM and VVPAT machine malfunction turns out to be false, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has said.

Stop "Telecast" Of PM Modi's Visits To Shrines: Chandrababu Naidu To Poll Body

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday May 19, 2019

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu today claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand on Saturday was a violation of the poll code, and asked the Election Commission to ensure that "continuous telecast of his private activities" is stopped with immediate effect.

Hours Before Voting, Mamata Banerjee Urges Poll Body To Be "Impartial"

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday May 19, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to the Election Commission with hours to go for the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, asking it to ensure peaceful and impartial voting in the state without any "interference" from the BJP-led central government.

Elections 2019 - "Avoidable": Top Election Officer Denies Reports Of Rift Over Poll Code

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Saturday May 18, 2019

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora today said reports of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa skipping meetings related to the poll code violations - as he was not allowed to record his dissent - are "unsavoury" and "avoidable".

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa Opts Out Of Meetings Over Clean Chits

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday May 18, 2019

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa has skippedmeetings of the Election Commission on deciding violations of the Model Code over what he claimed was his "minority decisions going unrecorded", NDTV has learnt. The Election Commission had cleared Prime Minister Narendra Modi of any poll code violation in six instances.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: CEC Sunil Arora, EC Sushil Chandra Cast Votes In Delhi

India News | Asian News International | Sunday May 12, 2019

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora (CEO) today cast his vote at Nirman Bhawan polling booth, which is also a pink booth.

Elections 2019: Election Body "Biased", Says Rahul Gandhi On Clean Chits To PM, Amit Shah

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday May 4, 2019

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today accused the Election Commission of being "completely biased" against the opposition, a day after the poll body gave clean chits to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah over allegations of poll code violations. The Election Commission gave clean chits despite dissension from one of theelection commis...

CPI(M) Seeks Election Commission Action Against PM For Sabarimala Remarks

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 16, 2019

The CPI(M) on Tuesday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora demanding action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly violating the model code of conduct and communally polarising voters by making remarks on the Sabarimala issue.

On VVPATs, Election Body Chief's Logic Involves A "Blood Test"

India News | Reported by Nidhi Razdan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday April 15, 2019

The Election Commission, which has been accused by the opposition of being soft on leaders of the ruling BJP who violate the Model Code of Conduct, has denied the allegation.

Highlights: NDTV Interviews Election Commissioner Of India Sunil Arora

India News | Monday April 15, 2019

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, who took charge in December last year, spoke to NDTV amid the ongoing general elections.

Social Media Giants Meet Poll Body, To Come Up With "Code Of Ethics"

India News | Reported by Amitoj Singh, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday March 19, 2019

The Election Commission of India today held a meeting with representatives of various social media platforms to hammer out a mechanism for curbing misinformation on social media ahead of the Lok Sabha polls next month. They are expected to meet again on Wednesday to voluntarily come up with a draft "code of ethics" aimed at preventing abuse of the ...

The Biggest Election On Earth: The Lok Sabha Polls In Numbers

India News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday March 10, 2019

The Lok Sabha election is the biggest democratic undertaking on Earth, with hundreds of millions of voters casting their ballot. Pulling off a vote of this size is no mean feat.

Lok Sabha Election Dates: See When Your State Votes

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday March 10, 2019

The Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases starting April 11, and the results will be announced on May 23, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced on Sunday. After the first phase, in which as many as 16 states and union territories will go to the polls, elections will be held across the country on April 11, April 18, April 23, ...

Election Body Announces Lok Sabha Dates, Parties React: Updates

India News | Edited by Nonika Marwaha | Monday March 11, 2019

Lok Sabha elections will begin on April 11 and will be held over seven phases followed by counting of votes on May 23, the Election Commission announced today. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said the model code of conduct would come into immediate effect from Sunday and 10 lakhs polling stations would be set up this time as against about ...

J&K, Administration Favouring Simultaneous Lok Sabha Polls: Poll Body

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 5, 2019

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said on Tuesday that almost every political party in Jammu and Kashmir and the administration are on same page in favouring simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.