Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora

Political parties want simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir, says CEC

The Election Commission of India Tuesday said that almost all political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have expressed full faith in the ECI and batted for holding state Assembly polls simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections.

Delete 60 lakh duplicate votes, conduct Lok Sabha polls in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on same day: Jagan Reddy to CEC

Alleging that duplicate voters list in Andhra Pradesh is on rise, YS Jaganmohan Reddy – also the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly – said out of 369 lakh voters here, nearly 60 lakh voters are invalid or duplicate at present and that need to be deleted to ensure fair election

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora says electronic voting machines cannot be tampered with

Asked whether there are any chances of simultaneous polls of the Lok Sabha and the Jharkhand Assembly, the CEC said there was neither formal nor informal information on it