Cabinet approves issue of Notifications for “General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2019” 13 MAR 2019 The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the “ General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2019 ” – for issuance of statutory notifications under under sub-section(2) of Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951”. It provides for calling upon the parliamentary constituencies to elect Members to the House of the People, on the dates to be recommended by the Election Commission of India in its Proceedings. Impact: The issuing of notifications would begin the election process for constituting the Seventeenth House of the People. PIB

Election Commission Schedule for bye-elections to fill casual vacancies from 64 – Dhrangadhra AC and 85 – Manavadar AC in the State Legislative Assembly of Gujarat 14 MAR 2019 The Election Commission of India has decided to hold bye-elections to fill casual vacancies from 64 – Dhrangadhra AC and 85 – Manavadar AC in the State Legislative. Assembly of Gujarat. After taking into consideration various factors like, festivals, electoral rolls, etc., the Commission has decided to hold the bye-elections to these 2 Assembly Constituencies following the same schedule as for the relevant Parliamentary Constituency as per the programme mentioned as under: Sl No. Event Date 1 Issue of Notification 28.03.2019 2 Last date of making Nominations 04.04.2019 3 Scrutiny of Nominations 05.04.2019 4 Last date for withdrawal of Candidatures 08.04.2019 5 Date of Poll 23.04.2019 6 Counting of Votes 23.05.2019 7 Date before which election shall be completed 27.05.2019 ELECTORAL ROLL The...

GENERAL ELECTIONS – 2019 SCHEDULE OF ELECTIONS General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, No.ECI/PN/23/2019 Dated: 10th March, 2019 PRESS NOTE SUBJECT:   ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHEDULE FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS TO LOK SABHA AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, ODISHA & SIKKIM,2019. The five-year term of the 16th Lok Sabha is due to expire on 03rdJune, 2019. Credible elections, conducted at regular prescribed intervals, are the very soul of any democratic system. Article 324 of the Constitution of India bestows the relevant powers, duties and functions upon the Election Commission of India while Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 provides for the conduct of the elections to constitute a new Lok Sabha before the expiry of its current term. Taking into account these Constitutional and lega...

GENERAL ELECTIONS – 2019 SCHEDULE OF ELECTIONS General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, No.ECI/PN/23/2019 Dated: 10th March, 2019 PRESS NOTE SUBJECT:   ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHEDULE FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS TO LOK SABHA AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, ODISHA & SIKKIM,2019. The five-year term of the 16th Lok Sabha is due to expire on 03rdJune, 2019. Credible elections, conducted at regular prescribed intervals, are the very soul of any democratic system. Article 324 of the Constitution of India bestows the relevant powers, duties and functions upon the Election Commission of India while Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 provides for the conduct of the elections to constitute a new Lok Sabha before the expiry of its current term. Taking into account these Constitutional and lega...

Election Commission of India Firmly Stands by fool proof nature of ECI EVMs. Election Commission of India Firmly Stands by fool proof nature of Electronic Voting Machines Election Commission of India Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001 No.ECI/PN/8.2019 Dated: 21st January, 2019 Press Note Subject:  Election Commission of India Firmly Stands by fool proof nature of ECI EVMs. It has come to the notice of Election Commission of India that an event claiming to demonstrate EVMs used by ECI can be tampered with, has been organised in London. Whereas, ECI has been wary of becoming a party to this motivated slugfest, ECI firmly stands by the empirical facts about fool proof nature of ECI EVMs deployed in elections in India. It needs to be reiterated that these EVMs are manufactured in Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) under very strict supervisory and security conditions and there are rigorous Standard Operati...