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September 14, 2026 8:26 PM
Chief Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar has begun a three-day visit to the Kingdom of Bhutan from September 14 to 16, with electoral cooperation and institutional engagement between the two countries high on the agenda. During the visit, ...
September 11, 2026 7:54 PM
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Friday described students as the “torchbearers of tomorrow’s democracy” and stressed the need to strengthen electoral literacy and democratic awareness among young citizens. Addressing the fifth reg...
September 3, 2026 10:27 AM
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday described Booth Level Officers (BLOs) as the first point of contact between the Election Commission of India (ECI) and citizens, and called them a foundational pillar of the world’s largest dem...
August 25, 2026 5:37 PM
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday described Booth Level Officers (BLOs) as the foundational pillars of the world’s largest democracy, while interacting with BLOs from Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow. Over 500 BLOs and 30 BLO Supe...
August 17, 2026 11:05 PM
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday called upon educational institutions to play a greater role in strengthening trust in the electoral process, promoting electoral literacy and encouraging informed democratic participation among youn...
November 27, 2025 11:00 AM
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar will assume the Chairship of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) for the year 2026. He will take over the post on December 3, 2025, during the meeting...
October 27, 2025 11:01 PM
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will conduct the second phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories, with the final voter list to be published on February 7, 2026, Chief Election Commissi...
October 5, 2025 5:16 PM
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday said that the Bihar Assembly elections will be held before November 22, when the term of the current Legislative Assembly ends. Bihar has 243 assembly constituencies, including two reserved fo...
October 3, 2025 7:45 PM
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday held a comprehensive briefing for General, Police, and Expenditure Observers who will be deployed as Central Observers for the upcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly elections and bye-elections in several...
February 18, 2025 8:41 AM
The Central government on Monday announced the appointment of Gyanesh Kumar as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). He will be replacing Rajiv Kumar. Gyanesh Kumar is a 1988-batch IAS officer from the Kerala cadre and is senior to the two other...
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