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Poll Body Appoints Observers In States To Monitor, Ensure Fair Elections
The Election Commission today appointed special observers for administrative, security and expenditure monitoring purposes in several states to ensure a level playing field during the upcoming elections.
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Opinion: "One India, One Election" Should Focus Beyond Immediate Polls And Expenditure
Simultaneous elections in 2024 could bring down the spending on polls by 20 to 30 per cent, depending on how effective the Election Commission is and how cooperative political parties are.
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Election Commission Launches Online Portal For Parties To File Financial Statements
The Election Commission on Monday came up with an online portal to allow registered political parties to file their financial statements, including contribution reports and poll expenditure accounts.
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"Seriously Concerned On Use Of Money": Poll Body To Supreme Court
The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that it is seriously concerned about the increasing use of money power in elections and to curb this menace, it has a robust mechanism for expenditure monitoring.
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Nitin Gadkari, Vijay Rupani In BJP's List Of Star Campaigners In Gujarat
The status of a star campaigner is a given to crowd-pullers of parties whose expenditures on the campaign trail do not add up to the cap set by the Election Commission for candidates.
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BJP Spent Over Rs 340 Crore On Poll Campaigns In 5 States, Maximum In UP
BJP spent over Rs 340 crore in the assembly polls in five states held earlier this year, while the Congress shelled out more than Rs 194 crore for its campaigning in these states, according to the election expenditure reports of the two parties.
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Delhi Civic Polls: Expenditure Limit For Candidates Increased To Rs 8 Lakh
The State Election Commission of Delhi has increased the limit of expenditure that can be incurred by a candidate in the elections for the city's three municipal corporations to Rs 8 lakh from Rs 5.75 lakh.
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New Column For Candidates To Mention Expenditure On Digital Campaigning In Upcoming Polls
The Election Commission has added a new column in candidates' election expenditure returns to submit information on money spent on digital campaigning in the upcoming polls in five states.
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DMK Spent Over Rs 218 Crore In 2020-21, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party Over Rs 17 Crore
The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party has shown expenditures of over Rs 17 crore in its audited annual report submitted to the Election Commission.
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Poll Expenditure Limit For Candidates Hiked Ahead Of Assembly Elections
The election expenditure limit for candidates has been hiked to Rs 95 lakh from Rs 70 lakh for Lok Sabha elections and to Rs 40 lakh from Rs 28 lakh for assembly elections, the Election Commission said on Thursday citing a Law Ministry notification.
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Record Seizures Worth Rs 331 Crore Made In Poll-Bound States, Puducherry: Election Commission
The Election Commission on Wednesday said record seizures worth Rs 331 crore have been made so far in the four poll-going states and Puducherry as part of the expenditure monitoring process.
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Election Commission Makes "Record Rs 331 Cr Seizure" In Poll-Bound States
A record Rs 331 crore in seizures of cash, liquor, drugs and other goods have been seized in the poll-bound states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, the government said today. The seizures already surpasses the total amount caught in the assembly elections to these state and the Union Territory in...
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Law Ministry Gets Rs 1,005 Crore For Poll Body To Purchase Voting Equipment
The Union Law Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,005 crore in the central Budget to provide funds to the Election Commission for procurement of ballot units, control units and voter verifiable paper audit trial units (VVPATS), and ancillary expenditure on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and destruction of obsolete voting machines.
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Election Commission Raises Expenditure Limit For Candidates By 10 Per Cent
Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced an increase in expenditure limit 10 per cent for candidates contesting Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
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Election Commission Sets Up Panel To Revise Poll Expenditure Limit
The Election Commission has set up a committee to examine the issue of revising the expenditure limit for candidates for Lok Sabha and assembly polls in view of the increase in number of electors and rise in Cost Inflation Index.
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Poll Body Appoints Observers In States To Monitor, Ensure Fair Elections
The Election Commission today appointed special observers for administrative, security and expenditure monitoring purposes in several states to ensure a level playing field during the upcoming elections.
-
Opinion: "One India, One Election" Should Focus Beyond Immediate Polls And Expenditure
Simultaneous elections in 2024 could bring down the spending on polls by 20 to 30 per cent, depending on how effective the Election Commission is and how cooperative political parties are.
-
Election Commission Launches Online Portal For Parties To File Financial Statements
The Election Commission on Monday came up with an online portal to allow registered political parties to file their financial statements, including contribution reports and poll expenditure accounts.
-
"Seriously Concerned On Use Of Money": Poll Body To Supreme Court
The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that it is seriously concerned about the increasing use of money power in elections and to curb this menace, it has a robust mechanism for expenditure monitoring.
-
Nitin Gadkari, Vijay Rupani In BJP's List Of Star Campaigners In Gujarat
The status of a star campaigner is a given to crowd-pullers of parties whose expenditures on the campaign trail do not add up to the cap set by the Election Commission for candidates.
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BJP Spent Over Rs 340 Crore On Poll Campaigns In 5 States, Maximum In UP
BJP spent over Rs 340 crore in the assembly polls in five states held earlier this year, while the Congress shelled out more than Rs 194 crore for its campaigning in these states, according to the election expenditure reports of the two parties.
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Delhi Civic Polls: Expenditure Limit For Candidates Increased To Rs 8 Lakh
The State Election Commission of Delhi has increased the limit of expenditure that can be incurred by a candidate in the elections for the city's three municipal corporations to Rs 8 lakh from Rs 5.75 lakh.
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New Column For Candidates To Mention Expenditure On Digital Campaigning In Upcoming Polls
The Election Commission has added a new column in candidates' election expenditure returns to submit information on money spent on digital campaigning in the upcoming polls in five states.
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DMK Spent Over Rs 218 Crore In 2020-21, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party Over Rs 17 Crore
The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party has shown expenditures of over Rs 17 crore in its audited annual report submitted to the Election Commission.
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Poll Expenditure Limit For Candidates Hiked Ahead Of Assembly Elections
The election expenditure limit for candidates has been hiked to Rs 95 lakh from Rs 70 lakh for Lok Sabha elections and to Rs 40 lakh from Rs 28 lakh for assembly elections, the Election Commission said on Thursday citing a Law Ministry notification.
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Record Seizures Worth Rs 331 Crore Made In Poll-Bound States, Puducherry: Election Commission
The Election Commission on Wednesday said record seizures worth Rs 331 crore have been made so far in the four poll-going states and Puducherry as part of the expenditure monitoring process.
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Election Commission Makes "Record Rs 331 Cr Seizure" In Poll-Bound States
A record Rs 331 crore in seizures of cash, liquor, drugs and other goods have been seized in the poll-bound states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, the government said today. The seizures already surpasses the total amount caught in the assembly elections to these state and the Union Territory in...
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Law Ministry Gets Rs 1,005 Crore For Poll Body To Purchase Voting Equipment
The Union Law Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,005 crore in the central Budget to provide funds to the Election Commission for procurement of ballot units, control units and voter verifiable paper audit trial units (VVPATS), and ancillary expenditure on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and destruction of obsolete voting machines.
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Election Commission Raises Expenditure Limit For Candidates By 10 Per Cent
Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced an increase in expenditure limit 10 per cent for candidates contesting Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
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Election Commission Sets Up Panel To Revise Poll Expenditure Limit
The Election Commission has set up a committee to examine the issue of revising the expenditure limit for candidates for Lok Sabha and assembly polls in view of the increase in number of electors and rise in Cost Inflation Index.
