The Sena vs Sena battle has brought the focus back on how poll symbols are issued. Here are the hows and whys of an issue that’s more than symbolic: How does EC compile/update its list of notified ...

BRS Leaders Boinipally Vinod Kumar and Soma Bharat Kumar met the State Election Commissioner on Tuesday seeking deletion of certain identical symbols from the list of free symbols as they are similar, ...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has upheld the allotment of the free symbols by the Election Commission of India to unrecognised political parties on a first come, first served basis while dismissing ...

The petitioner further submitted that placing the “Gas Cylinder” symbol in the free symbol list or allowing the Returning Officers to allot it at their level will mislead voters and destroy VBA’s ...

The story so far: The Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) that secured 3.9% and 6.5% votes in Tamil Nadu in 2019 and 2021 respectively, has been allotted a new common symbol (Mike). The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal ...

From a bat to peanuts and grapes, poll symbols have come a long way in Indian electoral history; they have also created rifts among parties and within families Sixty-six years ago when the first ...