An in-house committee set up by the Election Commission to probe leak of Karnataka Poll dates found that it was a mere speculation.

Election Commission on Wednesday told Supreme Court that it supports proposal of allowing one candidate to contest only on one seat during elections. The reply came on a petition that requested SC to bar candidates against contesting from more than one seat.

The Congress on Tuesday attacked the BJP over its IT cell chief declaring the date of the Karnataka assembly polls before the Election Commission did and said the poll panel's credibility is on test and the ruling party has become a "Super Election Commission."

The Election Commission on Tuesday announced that voting to elect a new Karnataka Assembly will be held on May 12 and results will be declared on May 15, setting the ball rolling for one of the most prestigious battles between the Congress and the BJP.

The first round of presidential elections in Maldives will be held in early September and preparations for the polls have already begun, the Elections Commission has announced.

The average expenditure by 182 elected MLAs during recently concluded Gujarat Assembly Elections stands at 16.45 lakh per candidate, which is 59 per cent of the total permissible limit of Rs 28 lakh per candidate.

With President Ram Nath Kovind not entertaining Aam Aadmi Party's request to hear their stand over the disqualification of 20 MLAs by the Election Commission, Delhi has been left with Arvind Kejriwal and his 46 MLAs, triggering calls for mini bypolls on the vacated seats.

Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat was on Sunday appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner by President Ram Nath Kovind, succeeding Achal Kumar Joti, an official statement said.

A day after Election Commission asked Aam Aadmi Party to disqualify its 20 MLAs in office for profit case, the party attacked Chief Election Commissioner AK Joti and claimed it as a 'gift for PM Narendra Modi' from EC.

In a major blow to the AAP in Delhi, the Election Commission on Friday recommended disqualification of 20 of its MLAs for holding office of profit as Parliamentary Secretaries, triggering calls for the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and an angry reaction from the ruling party.