Poll panel incurs Rs 5.83 cr cost on travel

ly elections are causing a major drain on the public exchequer as 95 observers (70 general observers and 25 financial expenditure observers) appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) have been put up in five-star hotels instead of State ...

JAIPUR: The Election Commission (EC) and its observers have been flooded with complaints from candidates against their opponents and against parties on the breach of the Representation of People's Act and violation of the code of conduct. After ...

The Election Commission's travel expenses have more than doubled in the last five years, with the sharpest increase coming in expenses incurred on foreign travel. During 2008-09, the apex poll watchdog spent `72 lakh on domestic and foreign travel ...

Elections: The election commission of Bhutan (ECB) was returned Nu 0.393M of the total Nu 8.71M of state funds, which were disbursed to 67 national council (NC) candidates, who contested the last council elections. Of the 67 candidates, 55 ...

Bill Watch 55/2013 of 6th November [2014 Budget Delayed] The Next Sitting of the Senate is on 19th November The AU Election Observer Missions 27-page final report on the harmonised elections has become available. It concludes that the elections were ...

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) is set to issue a notice to Mandi MP Pratibha Singh, wife of Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh, for spending more than the Rs 40 lakh poll expenditure ceiling on her campaign for the June 2013 ...

New Delhi: Political parties will have to bear the expenses on inviting star campaigners but in case a candidate shares dais with the star or exhibits his photo or poster with his name, the money spent will be included in his account, Delhi Election ...

CHENNAI: Does Tamil Nadu have a larger black money economy than most states or is poll expenditure here higher? Election Commission officials have so far seized Rs 1.3 crore in unaccounted cash and gold worth Rs 3 crore in Yercaud where a bypoll is ...

Nepal poll panel to monitor election code of conduct Panel to monitor observance of poll code in Nepal New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The Election Commission Wednesday said all political parties will have to submit certification at the Chief Electoral ...