Get ready...........................for namo namo NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha election will be spread over nine days starting April 7 and ending May 12 and the vote count will take place across India May 16, the Election Commission announced Wednesday. Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath said the polling dates would be April 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 24 and 30 and May 7 and 12. Sampath said simultaneous assembly elections would be held in Sikkim, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. State-wise schedule is as follows: Andhra Pradesh: May 7 Telangana: April 30 Arunachal Pradesh: April 9 Bihar: April 10, 17, 24, 30, May 7 and 12 Goa: April 17 Jammu & Kashmir: April 10, 17, 24, 30, May 7 Assam: April 7, 12 and 24 Chattisgarh: April 20 and 17 Gujarat: April 30 Haryana: April 10 Himachal Pradesh: May 7 Jharkhand: April 10, 17 and 24 Karnataka: April 17 Kerala: April 10 Madhya Pradesh: April 10, 17 and 24 Maharashtra: April 10, 17 and 24 Manipur: April 9 and 17 Meghalaya: April 9 Mizoram: April 9 Nagaland: April 9 Odisha: April 10, 17 Punjab: April 30 Rajasthan: April 17, 24 Sikkim: April 12 Tamil Nadu: April 24 Tripura: April 7, 12 Uttar Pradesh: April 10, 17, 24, 30, May 7 and 12 Uttarakhand: May 7 West Bengal: April 17, 24, 30, May 7 and 12 Andaman and Nicobar Island: April 10 Chandigarh: April 10 Dadra and Nagar Haveli: April 30 Daman and Diu: April 30 Lakshadweep: April 10 NCR Delhi April 10 Puducherry: April 24 Post announcement, the model code of conduct immediately came into effect. The use of money power during polling is a matter of concern for the EC, Sampath said. Adequate security arrangements will be made to ensure that voters are not intimidated by anyone, he said. Observers will be deployed across India. Different category observers will be deployed. The electorate in the elections will be 81.4 crore, 10 crore more than the last general elections. 10% of electorate will be casting their votes for the first time. These voters can swing the election results. A first in the Lok Sabha elections for the voters will be the introduction of “None of the Above” (NOTA) option. All major players in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls were born post Independence. Sampath announced that the election process will be completed before the monsoon arrives. He also said that the schedule for polling have been laid out to ensure it wont affect school and college examinations across the country. The EC commissioner also said that special camps will be organised in all polling booths across the country. Here, the voters can confirm their names. The voters can get themselves enrolled on March 9, Sampath announced. The polling stations - about 9,30,000 - have been set up across India, more than 12% in the 2009 elections.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:32:41 +0000
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