O P Rawat

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) O P Rawat said Wednesday that proceedings at 14,000 polling booths in Madhya Pradesh will be "webcast".

Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat on Tuesday said a pledge has been secured from social media platforms stating they would curb the flow of posts which adversely affect the election process in the country.

The Election Commission on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the preparedness for Telangana assembly polls to be held on December 7 after a 11-member team headed by the Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat reviewed the arrangements with officials in the city.

The Election Commission (EC) plans to implement in the five poll-bound states the Supreme Court direction asking all candidates to advertise their criminal records.

Internet major Google and social media giants Twitter and Facebook have assured the Election Commission that they will not allow their platforms to be used for anything which effects the purity of polls during campaign period, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat has said.

Voters in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram will now get to use a mobile application to check poll code violations by political parties and candidates, the day elections dates are announced, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat has said.

The Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat said it will soon issue braille voter identity cards to visually-challenged electors across the country.

A new narrative is being scripted which places maximum premium on winning elections "at all costs to the total exclusion of ethical considerations," Election Commissioner O P Rawat has said, criticising the "creeping new normal of political morality".

With Assembly elections in West Bengal due next year, the Chief Election Commissioner and fellow Election Commissioners will be visiting Kolkata tomorrow to review the poll preparedness and the ongoing revision of electoral rolls.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) O P Rawat said Wednesday that proceedings at 14,000 polling booths in Madhya Pradesh will be "webcast".

Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat on Tuesday said a pledge has been secured from social media platforms stating they would curb the flow of posts which adversely affect the election process in the country.

The Election Commission on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the preparedness for Telangana assembly polls to be held on December 7 after a 11-member team headed by the Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat reviewed the arrangements with officials in the city.

The Election Commission (EC) plans to implement in the five poll-bound states the Supreme Court direction asking all candidates to advertise their criminal records.

Internet major Google and social media giants Twitter and Facebook have assured the Election Commission that they will not allow their platforms to be used for anything which effects the purity of polls during campaign period, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat has said.

Voters in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram will now get to use a mobile application to check poll code violations by political parties and candidates, the day elections dates are announced, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat has said.

The Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat said it will soon issue braille voter identity cards to visually-challenged electors across the country.

A new narrative is being scripted which places maximum premium on winning elections "at all costs to the total exclusion of ethical considerations," Election Commissioner O P Rawat has said, criticising the "creeping new normal of political morality".

With Assembly elections in West Bengal due next year, the Chief Election Commissioner and fellow Election Commissioners will be visiting Kolkata tomorrow to review the poll preparedness and the ongoing revision of electoral rolls.