Election Commission on Saturday announced Assembly poll dates for five states with results to be announced on December 11. Five states are Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana.

The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday rejected the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs plea to call witnesses for examination in the office of profit case.

The Election Commission on Tuesday asked the AAP to explain donation discrepancies in its 2014-15 financial report with the ruling party in Delhi calling it "grossly incorrect and biased observations" by the poll panel.

Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat on Monday said satisfactory solution will be found to the issues raised at an all-party meeting convened by the poll panel with some major parties demanding reverting to paper ballots while there were mixed views on simultaneous polls.

For the first time in Pakistan's political history, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)gave the duty of "observers" during polling to members of the transgender community. However, on Wednesday in Lahore they were not allowed to vote and in Peshawar they were barred from entering polling stations.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) is all set to wrest the Kairana parliamentary seat from the ruling BJP as its candidate Tabassum Hasan has taken an unassailable lead of over 43,000 votes, an Election Commission official said.

The Election Commission on Wednesday announced biennial election to Rajya Sabha for three seats from Kerala will be held on June 21.

The West Bengal State Election Commission, after meeting with various political parties and representatives of the state government, selected April 23 as the extended day for filing nominations for the coming Panchayat polls, a senior official said on Saturday.

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.