Schedule for bye-election to fill casual vacancy in the State Legislative Assemblies
Schedule for bye-election to fill
casual vacancy in the State Legislative Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Telangana, Maharashtra, Punjab and Tripura –
Regarding.
There
are following clear vacancies in the State Legislative Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
Karnataka, Bihar, Telangana, Maharashtra, Punjab and Tripura:
Vacancy in the Legislative Assemblies
|
Sl.
No.
|
No. &
Name of Assembly Constituency
|
Name of
the State
|
|
1
|
14-Muzaffar
Nagar AC
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
2
|
56-Devadurga
(ST) AC
|
Karnataka
|
|
3
|
35-Narayankhed
AC
|
Telangana
|
|
4
|
65-Maihar
AC
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
|
5
|
274-Bikapur
AC
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
6
|
130-
Palghar (ST) AC
|
Maharashtra
|
|
7
|
5-Deoband
AC
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
8
|
24-Khadoor
Sahib AC
|
Punjab
|
|
9
|
50-Bidar
AC
|
Karnataka
|
|
10
|
158-Hebbal
AC
|
Karnataka
|
|
11
|
31-Harlakhee
AC
|
Bihar
|
|
12
|
42-Amarpur
AC
|
Tripura
|
TheCommission has decided to hold bye-election to fill the vacancy
as per the following schedule:-
|
1
|
Date of Issue of
Gazette Notification
|
20.01.2016 (Wednesday)
|
|
2
|
Last date of making
Nominations
|
27.01.2016 (Wednesday)
|
|
3
|
Scrutiny of Nominations
|
28.01.2016 (Thursday)
|
|
4
|
Last date for withdrawal of
Candidatures
|
30.01.2016 (Saturday)
|
|
5
|
Date of Poll
|
13.02.2016 (Saturday)
|
|
6
|
Counting of Votes
|
16.02.2016 (Tuesday)
|
|
7
|
Date before which election
shall
be completed
|
18.02.2016 (Thursday)
|
ELECTORAL ROLL
The Electoral Roll for
the States of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab with
reference to 01.01.2016 has been finally published in the states on 11.01.2016.
The Electoral Roll for the States of Tripura with reference to 01.01.2016 has
been finally published in the state on 05.01.2016. The Electoral Roll for the
State of Maharashtra with reference to 01.01.2016 will be finally published in
the state on 16.01.2016. The bye-election from 31-Harlakhee AC of Bihar State
& 35-Narayankhed AC of Telangana State will be held with the existing
electoral.
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (EVMs)
The Commission has
decided to use EVMs in the bye-elections in all the polling stations of
these tates. Adequatenumbers of EVMs
have been made available and all steps have been taken to ensure that the polls
are conducted smoothly withthe help of these machines.
IDENTIFICATION OF VOTERS
The Commission has
decided that the voter’s identification shall be mandatory in the
aforementioned bye-elections at the time of poll. Elector’s Photo Identity Card
(EPIC) shall be the main document of identification of a voter.However, in
order to ensure that no voter is deprived of his/her franchise, if his/her name
figures in the Electoral Rolls,separate instructions will be issued to allow
additional documents for identification of voters at the time of poll in the
said bye-elections.
MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT
The
Model Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in the
district in which the whole or anypart of the Assembly Constituencies going for
bye-elections is included, subject to partial modification as issued
videCommission’s instruction No.
437/INST/2012/CC&BE, dated 26thApril, 2012 and 21st October, 2013
(available onthe Commission’s website). The Model Code of Conduct shall be
applicable to all candidates, political parties and the StateGovernments. The
Model Code of Conduct shall also be applicable to the Union Government in
respect of the above districts of theState concerned.
Election
Commission of India
New Delhi : 12th January ,2016
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