Election Commission publicizes dates for meeting elections

The Election Commission of India as we speak introduced the dates for upcoming meeting elections in 4 states and one union territory. The elections can be held in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry. The time period of the present Assam meeting is as much as thirty first May, the time period of Tamil Nadu is as much as May 24, West Bengal meeting’s time period can be over on May 30, whereas the identical of Kerala can be over on 1st June.
Elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry can be held in a single section on sixth April, whereas the elections for West Bengal can be unfold over eight phases, and it is going to be held in Assam in three phases in March and April. West Bengal will elections will span over a month, with the primary section on twenty seventh March and the eighth section on twenty ninth April.
The counting of the votes will happen on 2nd May for all of the meeting elections, which can be a Sunday.
StateElection datesAssam27 March, 1st April, sixth AprilKeralasixth AprilTamil Nadusixth AprilWest Bengaltwenty seventh March, 1st April, sixth April, tenth April, seventeenth April, twenty second April, twenty sixth April, twenty ninth AprilPuducherrysixth AprilElections can be performed for 294 meeting constituencies in West Bengal, 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, constituencies seats in Kerala, 126 constituencies in Assam and 30 constituencies within the union territory of Puducherry.
This represents elections in a complete of meeting 824 constituencies within the nation, the place 18.68 crore electorates will solid their votes at 2.74 lakh polling stations, all of which can be located can be on the bottom flooring.
The elections this 12 months can be an even bigger affair, because the variety of ballot stations is being elevated to keep away from crowding in view of the Coronavirus pandemic. Along with that, the polling time may even be prolonged by one hour, which was additionally completed through the Bihar elections.
During the latest weeks, the Election Commission officers had travelled the poll-bound states to take inventory of the preparedness for the elections. Following the assembly with state administrations, the Election Commission had held a gathering on Wednesday to finalise the dates for the polls.
The elections this 12 months can be an even bigger affair, because the variety of ballot stations is being elevated to keep away from crowding in view of the Coronavirus pandemic. As a consequence, it is going to be an enormous problem in Kerala which has seen an enormous rise in instances within the latest weeks.
With the announcement of the election dates, the method of meeting election formally begins, and the mannequin code of conduct can be relevant from as we speak. This means, the governments within the polls certain states can’t take any main choice, and may’t announce any scheme that may affect the voters.
West Bengal will see probably the most high-profile within the elections, with Mamata Banerjee led TMC authorities going through robust competitors from BJP. Several senior leaders of TMC have left the social gathering and joined BJP, together with their assist base. It is speculated that BJP might be able to repeat what occurred in Assam and Tripura, the place it had grabbed energy following mass migration of politicians from the ruling events.
Kerala will see one other intense battle between the ruling left entrance and the Congress, who’re in any other case allies in a number of different states. Tamil Nadu will witness the acquainted battle between AIADMK and DMK, with DMK hoping to seize energy after a decade.
BJP will hope to retain its energy in Assam, the place it faces opposition from Congress, AIUDF and a number of other events that got here up in the previous few months. But the social gathering has completed effectively in all of the native physique polls in latest months regardless of the opposition to the CAA, and it’s anticipated that Sarbanandana Sonowal can be re-elected because the CM.
The Congress govt in Puducherry fell this week simply months after the top of its time period, after a number of MLAs from the ruling social gathering resigned from the home. As a consequence, President’s rule has been imposed on the Union Territory and the meeting has been suspended.