The elections to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Mizoram will be held on between 7 and 23 November.
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The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Monday, 9 October, announced that the election to the 119-member Telangana Assembly will be held in a single phase on 30 November.
Election dates for the crucial Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Mizoram Assemblies were also announced by the ECI at a press conference held in Delhi by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, and Election Commissioners (ECs) Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel.
The results of the five elections would be announced on 3 December.
With the announcement of the schedule, the model code of conduct has come into force in the five states going to the polls.
Addressing the media in New Delhi, CEC Rajiv Kumar said the elections to the five states will be held in two phases in Chhattisgarh, and in a single phase in the other five states.
Date of notification: 3 November
Last date for filing nomination: 10 November
Scrutiny of nomination papers: 13 November
Last date to withdraw nomination: 15 November
Date(s) of polling: 30 November
Date of counting: 3 December
The term of the second K Chandrashekar Rao-led BRS government ends in December.
Telangana has 3.17 crore voters, including 8.11 lakh first-timers. Of the total, nearly equal are men and women voters (1.58 crore), and 2,557 transgenders. The state also has 5,06 lakh persons with disabilities, 4.43 lakh voters aged 80 or above, 7,689 centenarians, and 15,338 service voters.
For the first time in the five states going to the polls, the Election Commission will allow voters aged 80 or above to exercise their franchise from their respective homes, if they wish so. This facility will also be extended to people with 40 percent or more disability.
The tenure of the 15th Assembly in Madhya Pradesh will end in December.
In the elections held in 230 constituencies on 28 November 2018, the Congress emerged as the single largest party with 114 seats, but fell short of majority. Though the Congress formed its ministry under Kamal Nath on 17 December 2018, he resigned on 23 March 2020 after several MLAs crossed over to the BJP, triggering accusations of horse trading.
Shivraj Singh Chauhan of the BJP was sworn in on 23 March, 2020.
The schedule is as follows:
Date of notification: 21 October
Last date for filing nomination: 30 October
Scrutiny of nomination papers: 31 October
Last date to withdraw nomination: 2 November
Date(s) of polling: 17 November
Date of counting: 3 December
According to the ECI website, Madhya Pradesh has 5,61,36,220 voters. Of the total voters, 2,88,25,607 are men, 2,72,33,945 women and 1,373 are third gender.
Elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly will be held in two phases on 7 and 17 November.
The tenure of the Assembly will end on 3 January 2024. The Congress under Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is currently in power in the state.
Chhattisgarh has 1.97 crore voters, comprising 98.5 lakh women and 98.2 lakh men and 762 transgenders. Of the total voters, 4.43 lakh are first-timers, 2,948 are centenarians, 1.47 lakh are persons with disabilities, 2.02 lakh voters are in the 80-plus age segment and 19,854 are service votes.
The poll schedule is as follows:
Date of notification: 13 & 21 October
Last date for filing nomination: 20 & 30 October
Scrutiny of nomination papers: 21 & 31 October
Last date to withdraw nomination: 23 October & 2 November
Date(s) of polling: 7 & 17 November
Date of counting: 3 December
The elections to the 200-member strong Rajasthan Assembly will be held in a single phase on 23 November.
The contest will largely between the Congress, led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, now in power with the support of BSP and Rashtriya Lok Dal, and the BJP. In 2018, the Congress had bagged 99 seats, two short of the majority, whereas the BJP came second with 73 seats.
The tenure of the present Assembly will end in December.
The state has 5.26 crore voters, including 2.51 women. It has a total of 11.78 lakh voters aged above 80 and 17,241 voters above 100 years.
The poll schedule is as follows:
Date of notification: 30 October
Last date for filing nomination: 6 November
Scrutiny of nomination papers: 7 November
Last date to withdraw nomination: 9 November
Date(s) of polling: 23 November
Date of counting: 3 December
Mizoram will elect its representatives to the 40-member Assembly in a single phase on 7 November.
The tenure of the Mizo National Front government will end in December.
The state has 8,30,039 voters, with women outnumbering their male counterparts by 24,545. Mizoram has 4,31,292 female voters and 4,06,747 voters. Aizawl has the highest number of voters — 2,81,192, while southern Mizoram’s Hnahthial district with one constituency, South Tuipui, has just 15,875 voters. There are 5,021 service voters, which include 89 women voters.
The poll schedule is as follows:
Date of notification: 13 October
Last date for filing nomination: 20 October
Scrutiny of nomination papers: 21 October
Last date to withdraw nomination: 23 October
Date(s) of polling: 7 November
Date of counting: 3 December
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