Election Commission of India is announcing the schedule for Assembly elections in five statesThese include today Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and UP. The term of the UP assembly will end in May, while that of other states will end in March.
Live: Goa, Punjab, Manipur, UP, Uttarakhand Assembly Elections
- No road show, rally till 15 January
– Our c-Vigil application should be used by voters to report any incidents of violation of model code of conduct, distribution of funds and freebies. Election commission officials will reach the crime scene within 100 minutes of the complaint.
– All election officers and employees will be treated as frontline workers and all eligible officers will be vaccinated with ‘Precautionary Dose’.
The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comes into force immediately after the announcement of the programme. The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements to ensure effective implementation of the MCC guidelines. Any violation of these guidelines will be dealt with strictly.
It is mandatory for political parties to upload on their websites detailed information about persons with pending criminal cases selected as polling candidates. He will also have to give reasons for the selection of the candidate: CEC Sushil Chandra
EVMs and VVPATs will be used at all polling stations. The Election Commission has already made arrangements to ensure adequate number of EVMs and VVPATs for the smooth conduct of elections.
– All polling stations will be equipped with COVID-mitigation facilities including sanitizers and masks; Number of booths increased
More than 18 crore voters, including more than 8.5 crore women, will be eligible to vote in the assembly elections of five states.
We aim to conduct COVID-safe elections in five states with maximum voter participation with extensive preparation: Election Commission
The Election Commission has mandated that at least one polling station in each assembly constituency shall be exclusively managed by women. Our officers have identified much more than this. There are 690 assembly seats but we are making 1620 such polling stations.
Elections will also be held in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in the year 2022. The election will be a litmus test for the ruling BJP, which has governments in four of the five states that go to polls in the next few months.
New rivals like the Samajwadi Party (SP) in UP and the Trinamool Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa will try to make the best use of the anti-incumbency wave in these states.
Check out all the latest updates on Election Commission’s pressure on Assembly elections in five states:
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