Schedule for bye-elections to fill casual vacancy in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies
Schedule for bye-elections to fill casual vacancy in the Lok Sabha from
Parliamentary Constituencies of Maharashtra, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh and State
Legislative Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya,
Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal – Regarding.
The Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill vacancies
as per the programme mentioned as under after taking into consideration various
factors like local festivals, electoral rolls, weather conditions etc.
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Poll Events
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Schedule
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Date of Issue of Gazette
Notification
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03.05.2018 (THU)
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Last Date of Nominations
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10.05.2018 (THU)
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Date for Scrutiny of
Nominations
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11.05.2018 (FRI)
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Last Date for Withdrawal
of candidatures
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14.05.2018 (MON)
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Date of Poll
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28.05.2018 (MON)
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Date of Counting
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31.05.2018 (THU)
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Date before which
election shall be completed
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02.06.2018 (SAT)
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There are clear vacancies in the Lok Sabha from Parliamentary
Constituencies of various States, which need to be filled up:
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Sl. No.
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State
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Number
& Name of Parliamentary Constituency
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1
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Maharashtra
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11 –
Bhandara-Gondiya
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2
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Maharashtra
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22 –
Palghar (ST)
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3
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Nagaland
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Nagaland
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4
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Uttar
Pradesh
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2 -
Kairana
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There are clear vacancies in the State Legislative Assemblies of various
States, which need to be filled up:
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Sl. No.
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State
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Number
& Name of Assembly Constituency
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1
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Bihar
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50 –
Jokihat
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2
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Jharkhand
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34 –
Gomia
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3
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Jharkhand
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61 –
Silli
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4
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Kerala
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110 –
Chengannur
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5
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Maharashtra
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285 –
Palus Kadegaon
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6
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Meghalaya
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53 –
Ampati (ST)
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7
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Punjab
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32 –
Shahkot
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8
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Uttarakhand
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05 –
Tharali (SC)
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9
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Uttar
Pradesh
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24 –
Noorpur
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10
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West
Bengal
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155 –
Maheshtala
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ELECTORAL ROLL
The Electoral Rolls
for all the aforesaid Lok Sabha and Assembly Constituencies have been finally
published w.r.t 01.01.2018.
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (EVMs) and VVPATs
The Commission has decided to use EVMs and VVPATs in the bye-elections in all
the polling stations. Adequate numbers of EVMs and VVPATs have been made
available and all steps have been taken to ensure that the polls are conducted
smoothly with the help of these machines.
IDENTIFICATION OF VOTERS
In
consonance with the past practice, the Commission has decided that the voter’s
identification shall be mandatory in the aforementioned bye- elections at the
time of poll. Electoral Photo Identity Cards (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(s) in which the whole or any part of the Parliamentary/Assembly
Constituency going for bye-election is included, subject to partial
modification as issued vide Commission’s instruction No. 437/6/INST2016-CCS,
dated 29th June, 2017 (available on the Commission’s website).
The Model Code of Conduct shall be applicable to all candidates, political
parties and the State Government concerned. The Model Code of Conduct shall
also be applicable to the Union Government for the State concerned.
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