In the light of recent controversy regarding the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), what are the challenges before the Election Commission of India to ensure the trustworthiness of elections in India?
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Opposition demands the Chief Election Commissioner's exit · 25 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the body
Use it to show that trust in the ECI now hinges on its appointment, removal and internal functioning, not only on EVMs.
- On 12 March 2026, 130 Lok Sabha and 63 Rajya Sabha MPs gave notice to remove the CEC under Article 324(5); on 6 April the presiding officers refused it under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.
- Under Article 324(5) the CEC can be removed only like a Supreme Court judge, but other ECs can be removed on the CEC's recommendation, an unequal protection.
- Petitions against the 2023 Act, which replaced the CJI with a Union Cabinet Minister on the selection panel set by Anoop Baranwal (March 2023), remain pending.
Should the right to vote become a fundamental right? · 28 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the body
Use it to add electoral roll integrity and internal dissent in the Commission to the trust challenges the ECI faces, beyond EVMs.
- Election Commissioners Sandhu and Joshi reportedly recorded at least 14 objections over 10 months to decisions under CEC Gyanesh Kumar, several on how names are added to and deleted from rolls.
- On 26 September the ECI said a committee would review its ECINet software, and that 81 of 97 possibly excluded Goa voters had since filed Form 6.
- LiveLaw questioned the ECI's claim that the Supreme Court's 27 May 2026 judgment approved its revised Form 6 declaration, since the Court examined only the June 2025 version.