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Indian Express
34 minutes ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
CEA seeks to fix upper limit of spending by candidates
Announcing that it has conducted 159 elections since March 2024, the Cooperative Election Authority said that it wants the upper limit of expenditure by the contesting candidates to be fixed, among other things. Addressing the first consultative meeting with State Cooperative Election Authorities, CEA Chairperson Devendra Kumar Singh said, 'The Cooperative Election Authority has so far conducted 159 elections since March 2024 and is in the process of conducting 69 more such Cooperative Elections.' During the meeting, Singh said that the election process in Cooperative Societies need to be streamlined to foster transparency in order to make the elections in cooperative societies free and fair. 'The Chairperson, Cooperative Election Authority said that there is a need for standard manuals and codes of conduct for cooperative elections. The discussion revolved around matters relating to framing of Code of Conduct for contesting candidates and Multi-State Cooperative Society (MSCs), to fix upper limit of expenditure by the contesting candidates, publication of handbook for the Returning Officers, election of delegates from member Cooperative Societies who are members in National Cooperative Societies and other agenda received from State,' the Cooperative Ministry said in a statement. 'One of the agenda proposed by participating State Cooperative Election Authorities included introduction of Electronic Voting Machine in cooperative election,' the statement said. 'The CEA decided to hold the consultative committee meeting every three months to take forward the reform process in cooperative elections,' the statement said. The CEA was notified on March 11, 2024, by the Centre under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act of 2002. It is responsible for conducting elections of the Multi State Co-operative Society; and supervise, direct and control the matters relating to preparation of electoral rolls.
The Hindu
9 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
State cooperative election authorities suggest the use of EVMs in cooperative society elections
The State Cooperative Election Authorities have suggested the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in cooperative elections, the Union Ministry of Cooperation said in a statement on Monday (August 11, 2025). The Cooperative Election Authority held its first consultative meeting with the State Cooperative Election Authorities (SCEA) on Monday (August 11, 2025) to develop a mechanism to conduct elections in the sector in a free and fair manner. The meeting was chaired by Devendra Kumar Singh, Chairperson, Cooperative Election Authority, and attended by State Cooperative Election Commissioners from Odisha, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Maharashtra. 'The Cooperative Election Authority has so far conducted 159 elections since March 2024 and is in the process of conducting 69 more elections,' Mr. Singh said. The Cooperative Election Authority was notified on March 11, 2024, in exercise of the Union government's powers conferred by Section 45 of the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act of 2002, and its amendment of 2023. 'The election process in cooperative societies need to be streamlined to foster transparency,' Mr. Singh said. 'There is a need for standard manuals and codes of conduct for cooperative elections,' members of the State Cooperative Election Authorities said. The discussion included matters relating to the framing of the Code of Conduct for contesting candidates, and for Multi-State Cooperative Societies; fixing the upper limit of expenditure for contesting candidates; publication of a handbook for Returning Officers; election of delegates from member cooperative societies, who are members in national cooperative societies; and other agendas received from States. One of the agenda items proposed by participating State Cooperative Election Authorities included the introduction of Electronic Voting Machines in cooperative elections, the Cooperation Ministry said.
