Rupture inside EC

There has been dissent within the Election Commission earlier but never before have two Election Commissioners put on record objections that touch the heart of the electoral process itself: new voters, deleting names, the IT system that secures the entire voters’ list. This is what a new #ExpressInvestigation by Ritika Chopra has found. Listed below are the reports that are part of the investigation.

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RUPTURE INSIDE EC NEWS

Former Election Commission members (from left) Ashok Lavas, N Gopalaswami and TN Seshan. (Express archive)

T N Seshan, N Gopalaswami, Ashok Lavasa: When Election Commission members differed

September 26, 2026 5:12 pm

Ever since the Election Commission was permanently expanded from a single-member body to a three-member commission in 1993, differences have emerged between the individuals who occupy the posts.

BLOs are conducting door-to-door distribution of Enumeration Forms for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)

8 emails in 7 days, but valid Goa voters still left out: EC’s flawed system

September 25, 2026 11:15 am

For a Goan, being off the roll costs more than a vote: Dialysis to transplants, state health support scheme open only to voters

Election Commission: Integrity of voter software: They even knocked on Cabinet Secretary’s door

Election Commissioners knocked on Cabinet Secretary’s door over voter software integrity

September 25, 2026 11:15 am

When a new officer was put in charge of the EC’s administration division in Delhi and issued a work allocation order that threatened to further concentrate these powers, the two ECs separately wrote to the country’s top bureaucrat, Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan.