Lok Sabha 2024
Lok Sabha 2024
Lok Sabha 2024
SCHEDULE OF ELECTIONS
Nirvachan Sadan
Ashoka Road, New Delhi - 110001
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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001.
No.ECI/PN/23/2024 Dated: 16th March,2024
PRESS NOTE
SUBJECT: ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHEDULE FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS TO
LOK SABHA AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES OF ANDHRA PRADESH,
ARUNACHAL PRADESH, ODISHA & SIKKIM, 2024.
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The term of 17th Lok Sabha is due to expire on 16th June, 2024.
Article 324 of the Constitution of India bestows the relevant powers, duties
and functions upon the Election Commission of India (hereinafter ECI),
while Article 83(2) of the Constitution of India and Section 14 of the
Representation of the People Act-1951 provides for the conduct of the
elections to constitute a new Lok Sabha before the expiry of its current
term. In view of this constitutional and legal provisions, the Election
Commission of India has made comprehensive preparations for the
conduct of elections to the 18th Lok Sabha in a free, fair, participative,
accessible, inclusive, transparent and peaceful manner.
2. Further, ECI is also to conduct election to the Legislative Assemblies of
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim before the
cessation of their terms, in exercise of the authority and powers conferred
upon under Article 324 read with Article 172 (1) of the Constitution of
India and Section 15 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
3. The term and strength along with seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes of the Assembly Constituencies of Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim are as under:
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Arunachal 3rd June,2019 to 60 - 59
Pradesh
2nd June,2024
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preparedness and during the visit, the Commission interacted with
political parties, enforcement agencies, all District Officers, SSPs/SPs,
Divisional Commissioners, Range IGs, CS/DGPs and other senior officers
of the States/UTs.
9. The team of senior officers of the Commission visited various States to
review law and order situation, to ascertain State/ UT specific areas of
concern, to discuss the quantum of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)
required in each State/ UT and to review the overall preparedness of the
election machinery. The cooperation of all authorities was sought for
conducting free, fair and peaceful elections across the country under the
overall superintendence, direction and control of the Commission.
10. The Commission has reviewed the ground situation of Manipur and has
noted that a large number of electors registered in different constituencies
of Manipur were displaced from their native places during recent conflicts.
They are now residing in Relief Camps in various districts of Manipur. The
Commission, after due consultation with various stake holders, has
decided that special polling stations shall be set up at/near the camps
where such electors, who opt for such facility, will be able to register their
votes in EVMs. In this regard, a detail scheme for internally displaced
persons of Manipur to vote in relief camps has been issued by the
Commission on 29th February, 2024.
11. The Kashmiri migrant electors registered in several parts of the erstwhile
State of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly Kashmir region, were forced to
leave their native places during late 1980s and early 1990s because of
terrorist activities of extremists supported from across the Indian borders. In
view of this, the Commission, after consultation with the Central Government
and the State Government came out with a scheme to enable these migrant
electors to cast their vote from wherever they are residing in the country, by
way of postal ballots since 1996 and voting in person at Special Polling
Stations set up at Delhi, Udhampur and Jammu since 2002.
Government of India vide notification dated 9 th August, 2019 has abrogated
Article 370 of the Constitution of India and promulgated the Jammu and
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Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 and Union Territory of Jammu and
Kashmir would go for elections the very first time since its inception. In view
of this, the Commission has decided to extend the earlier scheme, as it is, for
Kashmiri migrant electors from the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
12. The voting in these special polling stations shall be done in the similar
manner as is done at normal polling station. The CEOs/ DEOs have been
asked to provide adequate logistics and proper security. Special training
has already been given to conduct poll at such polling stations.
13. The conduct of General Elections in the entire country requires
considerable deployment of Central and State Police Forces to ensure
peaceful, free and fair elections with fearless participation of electors,
especially in vulnerable areas/pockets. Mobilization, deployment and
disengagement of these forces with minimum crisscross movement and
optimal utilization involved complex planning and detailed analysis,
carried out over several rounds of consultations with the senior officers of
the Ministry of Home Affairs/ CAPFs/ Police Nodal Officers of the States/
UTs. The Commission also held discussions with the Union Home
Secretary to highlight the areas of coordination for effective deployment of
these forces.
14. A meeting was also held with the Chairman, Railway Board and
other senior officials of the Ministry of Railways in regard to the specific
requirements of special trains including other logistics for smooth and
timely movement of CAPF Companies and other police forces across
States/ UTs, including their intra-State shifting during the election period.
Indian Railways has been directed to mobilise rolling stocks with
appropriate facilities, ensure timely movement, ensure cleanliness and
organize quality food for the forces on move.
15. Keeping in view the interests of the students and also the fact that
Polling Stations are mostly located in school buildings and teachers are
engaged as polling personnel, the Commission has consciously factored-in
the examination schedules of Central Board of Secondary Education and
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education in the process of finalizing the
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poll dates. In addition to this, other relevant factors like various holidays
and festivals falling in the months of March, April and May, harvest
season in certain parts of the country and the inputs obtained from the
Indian Meteorological Department on weather conditions have also been
taken into consideration. Thus, while deciding on the number of poll days
for each State/ UT and the composition of the PCs that go to polls on a
particular poll day, the Commission has, to the extent possible, taken all
relevant aspects and information related thereto into consideration.
16. The Commission has updated/consolidated its documents issued vide
Manual / Handbook/ Checklist/ Compendium/ Instructions/ Guidelines
and has uploaded on the Commission’s website on https://eci.gov.in.
These latest documents shall be used in conduct of upcoming elections.
17. A. DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES:
i) The General Election to the House of People-2024 to constitute the 18th
Lok Sabha shall be held on the basis of the extent of Parliamentary
Constituencies as contained in the “Delimitation of Parliamentary and
Assembly Constituencies Order-2008” except the UT of Jammu and
Kashmir and the State of Assam. In the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, the
General Election to the House of People-2024 shall be held on the basis of
the extent of Parliamentary Constituencies as contained in “Delimitation
Commission’s Order No. 2 vide Notification dated 5th May, 2022. In the
State of Assam, the General Election to the House of People-2024 shall be
held on the basis of the extent of Parliamentary Constituencies as
contained in “Election Commission’s Order No. 2 vide Notification dated
11th August, 2023 and Corrigendum dated 1st November, 2023”. Therefore,
there is no change in the extent and the status of any Parliamentary
Constituency after the General Election to Lok Sabha-2009 in the
States/UTs except the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and the State of Assam.
ii) Besides, the total number of Parliamentary Constituencies allotted to
various States/UTs including SC/ST seats except UT of Jammu & Kashmir
also continued to be the same. As per the Jammu & Kashmir
Reorganisation Act-2019, the UT of Jammu & Kashmir was allotted a total
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of 5 (five) Parliamentary Seats and the UT of Ladakh was allotted 1(one)
Parliamentary seat.
iii) Section 6 of the “The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
(Merger of Union Territories) Act-2019 dated 9th December, 2019”
provides that “On and from the appointed day, there shall be allocated two
seats to the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
in the House of People and the First Schedule to the Representation of
People Act, 1950 shall be deemed to be amended accordingly”. Therefore,
the General Election to the House of People-2024 for Union Territory of
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu shall also be held on the
basis of the extent of Parliamentary Constituencies as contained in the
“Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order-2008”.
B. DELIMITATION OF ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES:
i) General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim shall be held on the basis of
the extent of Assembly Constituencies as contained in the said Delimitation
Order-2008. The total number of ACs allotted to these States, including
SC/ST seats, shall also continue to be the same.
(ii) As per “Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act-2014(No.6 of 2014)” dated
1st March, 2014 & “Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Removal of Difficulties)
Order-2015” dated 23rd April, 2015 and subsequently Commission’s
Notification No.282/AP/2018(DEL) dated 22nd September, 2018, the total
number of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies assigned in respect
of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States shall be as under: -
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18. TRAINING OF ELECTION OFFICIALS:
i) General Elections to Lok Sabha in India is considered to be the biggest
man management exercise in the world. It involves a mammoth task to
mobilize election machinery of more than 12 million officials for this
exercise.
ii) Training of these officials thus becomes essential for flawless conduct of
elections. Training of such a magnitude can be completed in a cascaded
manner whereby master trainers are prepared and they in turn train the
participants. India International Institute of Democracy and Election
Management (IIIDEM) was established by the Election Commission of India
in June 2011 to fulfill this important task of training of election officials
from India and abroad. IIIDEM has since been working to achieve its
objectives.
iii) For General Elections to Lok Sabha and simultaneous Assembly
Election in 4 States, IIIDEM has trained 237 National Level Master
Trainers (NLMTs) and 1804 State Level Master Trainers (SLMTs), who
have been training the Assembly Level Trainers (ALTs), District Level
Master Trainers (DLMTs) and other officials of Election Machinery in
cascading manner.
iv) IIIDEM has organized the following programs to train the
important election functionaries:
a) Certification Program for District Election Officers (DEOs) and
Returning Officers (ROs) for General Elections to Lok Sabha 2024: An
in-depth training program of 2 days per batch was organised for all District
Election Officers (DEOs) and Returning Officers from all States/ UTs at
IIIDEM. 16 batches comprising of DEOs/ROs of all States/UTs was
organized from 5th to 29th Dec 2023, wherein 837 officers have been
trained in all the aspects of elections.
b) Certification Program for Assistant Returning Officers (for
Parliamentary Constituencies) of all States/UTs at State ATIs: IIIDEM
has conducted 5 days certification programme for AROs (of PC) of all
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States/UTs at State ATIs wherein about 5000 AROs (in around 130
batches) were trained at all States/UTs from 27th November 2023 to 2nd
March 2024.
c) Certification Program for Returning Officers/Assistant Returning
Officers of 4 States having simultaneous elections at State ATIs:
IIIDEM has conducted 5 days certification programme for about 1100
ROs/AROs (of AC) of 4 States i.e. Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Odisha and
Andhra Pradesh having simultaneous elections.
d) Training of EROs at IIIDEM/State ATI: IIIDEM has conducted One-
day online training for EROs of all States/UTs in the months of Oct-
Nov,2023 in 12 batches. A total of 3100 EROs participated in the training
programme.
19. SYSTEMATIC VOTERS’ EDUCATION AND ELECTORAL
PARTICIPATION (SVEEP)-
SVEEP (Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation) is a
comprehensive programme aimed at reinforcing voter education and
promoting active participation in India's democratic process. The need for
SVEEP arises from the Election Commission of India's unwavering
commitment to ensuring the participation of every voter in this
monumental celebration of democracy.
SVEEP employs a combination of general and targeted interventions,
carefully tailored to align with the socioeconomic, cultural, and
demographic characteristics of each state. SVEEP addresses not only the
registration gaps but also more glaring issues such as voter apathy,
behavioural patterns, and the reasons behind such apathy in different
elections.
For enhancing electoral participation, the Commission has directed to take
following initiatives:
a) Low Voter Turnout (LVT) analysis: CEOs/ DEOs have been directed
to identify low voter turnout PSs/ ACs/ PCs and take targeted
initiatives to address specific gaps.
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b) Identification of district specific themes of PS:
As the PS is the basic unit of election machinery, it has been directed to
focus on district wise PSs for targeted interventions reaching out
various groups like women, PWD, Transgender, PVTGs, etc. Model
Polling stations to be set up keeping in view the NVD theme.
c) Turnout Implementation Plan (TIP): With a strategic focus on
increasing voter participation and engagement, the TIP delineates
strategies at the Assembly Constituency level to address low voter
turnout and enhance overall participation in the upcoming elections.
By adopting a targeted approach at the grassroots level, TIP aims to
amplify democratic participation and ensure that every eligible voter
exercises their right to vote.
d) Focus on urban and youth apathy: ECI has been addressing the
pressing issue of urban and youth apathy in elections. The voting
percentage in General Election to Lok Sabha – 2019 was 67.4%, for
which the Commission has taken as a challenge to improve upon, just
like its mission of “No Voter to be Left Behind”.
e) Election Commission has captured election festivities under its
umbrella theme “Chunav ka Parv, Desh ka Garv” (Elections: The
Biggest Festival and Pride of the Nation). The overarching theme of this
campaign depicts elections as the biggest festival of democracy, the
pride of an individual and the country.
f) Targeted campaign such as #MeraPhelaVoteDeshkeLiye is also
launched to encourage first-time voters to participate in the electoral
process.
g) SVEEP is also leveraging the celebrities and influencers’ reach in
disseminating voter awareness, another such effort is a production of
short film “My Vote, My Duty”.
h) Partnership and collaboration: ECI has collaborated with the Ministry
of Education, Ministry of railways, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural
Gas, the Department of Posts, the Indian Banking Association, etc. to
expand its voter outreach and awareness efforts. Through these
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organisations, SVEEP aims to enhance electoral literacy among youth
and increase voter engagement across the country.
i) Engagement of National Icon: To bridge the gap between citizens,
especially youth and urban population, ECI appointed Bharat Ratna
Sachin Tendulkar and actor Rajkumar Rao as ‘National Icons’. This
collaboration marks a significant step towards leveraging their impact
and popularity to increase voters’ participation in the forthcoming
General Elections 2024.
j) Engagement and Utilisation of local Icons:
The States have been directed to identify and engage local influential
personalities as Election Icons. This would not only add value to the
message of voter awareness as well as increase the general outreach in
the specific region.
k) SVEEP is using tools like social media to increase voter turnout and
make the electoral process more inclusive and accessible. Promoting
online portals and mobile apps to empower citizens with knowledge
about their electoral rights and simplify online electoral services.
SVEEP plays a crucial role in promoting voter awareness and participation,
emphasising the importance of democratic engagement in building a
stronger and more inclusive society. As the Election Commission prepares
for the General Elections of 2024, it remains committed to empowering
citizens and strengthening democracy through its SVEEP initiatives.
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21. COMMUNICATION PLAN:
Commission attaches great importance to preparation and
implementation of a perfect communication plan at the
district/constituency level for the smooth conduct of elections and to
enable concurrent intervention and mid-course correction on the poll day.
For the said purpose, the Commission has directed the Chief Electoral
Officers of all the States/UTs to coordinate with the officers of Department
of Telecommunication in the State headquarter, BSNL authorities, the
representatives of other leading telecom service providers in the State so
that network status in the State is assessed and communication shadow
areas be identified. The CEOs have also been instructed to prepare the best
communication plan in their States and make suitable alternate
arrangements in the communication shadow areas by providing Satellite
Phones, Wireless sets, Special Runners etc.
Further, the Commission has also directed to improve the condition of
connecting roads for smooth movement of polling parties, security forces,
voters and other election machineries. In case of water ways, proper
arrangements of boats/ferries etc. is to be ensured during election.
22. INTEGRATED CONTROL ROOMS AT DIFFERENT LEVEL:
The Commission has directed to set up Integrated Control Rooms at State
Level and District Level for monitoring of election related activities and
ensuring co-ordination among various agencies during election for smooth
conduct of free and fair election. These control room shall be equipped
with all required technical support under responsible officers to monitor,
communicate and manage various election related activities efficiently.
These control rooms have effective communication equipment, contact
numbers of all election related offices/officers for coordinating activities
and responding to incidents. These integrated control room shall serve as
a nerve center for efficient monitoring, control and management of
different activities of elections, helping election authorities.
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23. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INCLUSIVE ELECTIONS
(NACIE):
Election Commission of India’s endeavour has been to promote equity and
ensure quality of the electoral system with the objective of upholding
democratic values and principles. Action oriented plans are being
executed at the State and District level across the country, to ensure
inclusive elections in letter and spirit, however, to have a focused and
scaled up approach in the context of General Elections 2024, the
Commission has formed a National Advisory Committee on inclusive
Elections (NACIE). The focus of the Committee has been to identify
various marginalized communities such as transgenders, PVTGs, homeless
people/nomadic groups, sex workers, women in difficult circumstances,
etc., and ensure their electoral participation.
24. ELECTORAL ROLLS:
A. Commission firmly believes that pure and updated electoral rolls are
the foundation of free, fair and credible elections. Hence, intensive and
sustained focus is placed upon improving its quality, health and fidelity.
After the amendment in Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act-
1950 by the Election Laws (Amendment) Act-2021, there is a provision of
four qualifying dates to enroll as a voter in a year. Accordingly, the
Commission conducted the Special Summary Revision of Electoral Roll
with reference to 1st January, 2024, as the qualifying date, wherein
applications were invited from eligible citizens seeking registration in
electoral roll with respect to 1st January, 2024 as the qualifying date. After
time-bound completion of Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls with
reference to 1st January, 2024 as the qualifying date, the final publication
of the electoral roll has been done as per following timeline –
Sl. Name of States/UTs Number of Date for Final
No. States/UTs Publication of
Electoral Roll
1 Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, 14 5th January, 2024
Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh,
Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim,
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Tripura, A&N Island,
Chandigarh, D&D-D&N
Haveli, Ladakh, Lakshadweep
and Puducherry
2 Nagaland 1 10th January,
2024
3 Andhra Pradesh, Bihar 13 22nd January,
Haryana, Jharkhand,
2024
Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur,
Punjab, Tamil Nadu,
Uttarakhand, West Bengal,
Jammu & Kashmir & NCT of
Delhi
4 Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra 2 23rd January,
2024
5 Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya 6 8th February, 2024
Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan
and Telangana
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efforts to:
i) Ensure maximum enrolment of vulnerable groups like PwDs, Third
Gender and sex workers by collaborating with reputed CSOs. For example,
engage with NACO (National AIDS control organisation) to ensure
maximum enrolment of sex workers.
ii) Remove logical errors, demographically similar entries, and photo-
similar entries in the electoral roll after following proper field verification
and statutory processes.
iii) Focus on the enrolment of young voters especially who attained the
qualifying age i.e. 18 years on 1st January, 2024 & 1st April, 2024.
iv) Rationalize Polling Stations with due diligence. Each and every polling
station has been physically visited by senior officers, and shifting of polling
stations to new and better infrastructure buildings has also been
considered after following due procedures.
v) Other Government database like database of Social Welfare
Department, SACO etc. for vulnerable groups of citizens, as benchmark,
were considered for enhanced registration of these group.
vi) The Commission enforces the Assured Minimum Facilities along with
accessibility friendly infrastructure for PWDs and senior citizens in the
polling stations, CEOs/DEOs have been directed to create permanent
infrastructure such as ramps at the polling stations.
vii) Polling Station Locations with three or more Polling Stations have been
planned for separate entry and exit so as to avoid any untoward incidents
related to any or public order.
viii)The Commission has encouraged the DEOs to use eco-friendly
materials and exhibit local culture and art to create Model Polling Stations.
Each District should have at least one such Model Polling Station, as far as
possible.
ix) List of 85+, PwDs etc. has been prepared and a communication of
respect/recognition has also been sent to make them feel important parts
of society.
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25. PHOTO ELECTORAL ROLLS AND ELECTOR PHOTO IDENTITY
CARDS (EPIC):
Photo Electoral Rolls will be used during the General Elections to Lok
Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal
Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim. EPIC is one of the documents for establishing
the identity of the elector at the time of voting. All out efforts are being
made to ensure 100% delivery of EPIC to all newly registered electors.
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of shifted and dead voters, whose names could not be deleted, shall also be
added to this list by BLOs. This list of Absent, Shifted or Dead (ASD) voters
shall be given to the Presiding Officers on the poll day. Commission has
issued instructions that voting will be allowed only after proper
identification of voters. Identification shall be done on the basis of EPIC or
other alternative identity documents permitted by the Commission.
Presiding Officers are required to double check the identity of voters whose
names are on the ASD list.
30. IDENTIFICATION OF VOTERs AT POLLING STATIONs:
For identification of voters at Polling Station, the Voter shall present his
EPIC or any of the following identification documents as approved by the
Commission: -
i. Aadhaar Card,
ii. MGNREGA Job Card,
iii. Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office,
iv. Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of the
Ministry of Labour,
v. Driving License,
vi. PAN Card,
vii. Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR,
viii. Indian Passport,
ix. Pension document with photograph,
x. Service Identity Cards with photograph issued to employees by
Central/State Govt./PSUs/Public Limited Companies,
xi. Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs and
xii. Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card, issued by M/o Social
Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.
31. POLLING STATIONS AND SPECIAL FACILITATION-
i) Maximum No. of electors in Polling Station
There shall be a maximum of 1500 electors in a polling station. There is
1.19% increase in the number of Polling Stations in the States/UTs as
compared with the Number of Polling Stations in 2019. The total number
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of polling station countrywide is 10,48,202.
ii) Assured Minimum Facilities (AMF) at Polling Stations:
The Commission has issued instructions to the Chief Electoral Officers of
all States/UTs to ensure that every Polling Station needs to be on the
ground floor and, shall have accessible road in good condition leading to
the polling station building and is equipped with Assured Minimum
Facilities (AMFs) like drinking water, waiting shed, toilet with water facility,
adequate arrangements for lighting, ramp of proper gradient for the PwD
electors and a standard voting compartment etc. The Commission has
directed CEO/DEOs to take efforts to make permanent ramp and
permanent infrastructure at every polling station.
iii) Accessible Election-Facilitation for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and
Senior Citizens:
a. All polling stations are located on the ground floor, and ramps with
proper gradients are provided for the convenience of differently abled
electors and senior citizens with wheelchairs.
b. Further, in order to provide targeted and need-based facilitation to
PwDs voters and Senior Citizens, the Commission has directed that all
persons with disabilities and senior citizens in an Assembly Constituency
are identified and tagged to their respective Polling Stations and necessary
disability-specific arrangements made for their smooth and convenient
voting experience on poll day.
c. Identified PwD and senior citizens electors will be assisted by
volunteers appointed by RO/DEO. Special facilitation will be made for PwD
and senior citizens electors at Polling Stations.
d. Also, it has been directed that persons with disability electors & senior
citizens are given priority for entering polling booths.
e. Provision be made for designated parking spaces close to the entrance
of polling station premise and special facilitation extended to electors with
speech and hearing impairment. Special focus has been laid on
sensitization of polling personnel regarding special needs of the differently
abled electors.
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f. The Commission has directed the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) that
there should be proper transport facilities for PwD and senior citizens
electors in each and every polling station on the day of poll. The PwD
electors can request for a wheelchair facility by registering on Saksham-
ECI App.
g. At the Polling Station, visually impaired persons can take a companion
along with him/her to cast his/her vote on his/her behalf as provided in
Rule 49 N of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961.
h. Besides, Dummy Ballot Sheets in Braille are available at Polling
Stations, any visually impaired persons can use this sheet and, after
studying content of this sheet can cast his/her vote on his/her own using
Braille facility on Ballot Units of EVMs without any help from companion.
iv) Voter Facilitation Posters:
In order to fulfil the statutory requirements under Rule 31 of the Conduct
of Elections Rules, 1961 and to provide accurate and relevant information
for voter awareness and information at each polling station, the
Commission has also directed that uniform and standardized Voter
Facilitation Posters (VFP) [total of FOUR (4) kind of Posters] i.e.
1. Polling Station Details,
2. List of Candidates,
3. Do’s and Don’ts and
4. Approved Identification Documents & How to Vote
shall be prominently displayed at all Polling Stations.
v) Voter Assistance Booths (VAB):
a. Voter Assistance Booths shall be set up for every polling station
location, having a team of BLO/officials in order to assist voters to correctly
locating her/his polling booth number and serial number in the electoral
roll of that concerned polling booth. The VABs will be set up with
prominent signage and in such a manner that it will be conspicuous to the
voters as they approach the polling premise/building to enable them to
seek required facilitation on poll day.
b. The alphabetic locator (as per the English alphabet) generated with
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ERO Net is placed at VAB to search the name easily and to know the serial
number in the Electoral Roll.
vi) Standardised Voting Compartment to ensure Secrecy of Voting:
a. In order to maintain the secrecy of the vote at the time of the poll and to
achieve uniformity in the use of voting compartments, the Commission
instructed that the height of the Voting Compartments should be 30 inches
and the Voting Compartment should be placed on a table whose height
shall be 30 inches. Only corrugated plastic sheet (flex board) of steel-grey
colour, which is completely opaque and reusable, shall be used to make
the voting compartments. The Commission hopes that the use of these
standardized and uniform Voting Compartments in all the polling stations
will translate into greater voter facilitation, ensure absolute secrecy of vote
and eliminate aberrations and non-uniformity in the preparation of Voting
Compartment inside the polling stations.
b. The voting compartments shall also be pasted with self-adhesive
stickers on three sides of the voting compartment depicting name of
election, Name of State/UT, AC/PC Number & name, date of poll, P S
number and Name etc.
32. FACILITIES FOR PwD VOTERS, 85+ SENIOR CITIZENS, ELECTORS
EMPLOYED IN ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND COVID
SUSPECT/AFFECTED VOTERS:
A. Rule 27A of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 has been amended to
provide the optional postal ballot facility to “Absentee Voters”. “Absentee
Voter” has been defined in clause (aa) of Rule-27A of the Conduct of
Elections Rules, 1961, and includes person who is employed in essential
services[AVES], senior citizens (above 85 year of age)[AVSC], Persons with
Disability (with benchmark or above disability)[AVCO] and COVID 19
suspect or affected persons[AVCO]. The category of essential services is
notified by the Election Commission under Section 60(C) of the R.P. Act,
1951 in consultation with the Government.
The following procedures have also been made in the existing
Guidelines for Voting through postal ballot by Absentee Voters in the
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category of Senior Citizens, PwDs and Covid-19 suspect or affected
persons: -
i) An Absentee Voter wishing to vote by Postal Ballot has to make
application to the Returning Officer (RO) of the constituency concerned, in
Form-12D, giving all requisite particulars. Such applications seeking postal
ballot facility should reach the RO during the period from date of
announcement of election to five days following the date of notification of
the election concerned.
ii) In case of absentee voters belonging to PwD category (AVPD), who opt
for postal ballot, application (Form 12D) should be accompanied by a copy
of benchmark disability certificate specified by the concerned appropriate
Government, under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
iii) Distribution of Form 12D by BLO:
a) BLO will visit the houses of the absentee voters in category of AVSC,
AVPD and AVCO, as per details provided by the RO, in the Polling Station
area and deliver Form 12D to the concerned electors and obtain
acknowledgements from them.
b) If an elector is not available, BLO shall share his/her contact details
and revisit to collect it within five days of the notification.
c) The elector may or may not opt for Postal Ballot. If he/she opts for
Postal Ballot, then the BLO will collect the filled-in-Form 12D from the
house of the elector within five days of the notification and deposit with the
RO forthwith.
d) Sector Officer shall supervise the process of distribution and collection
of Form 12D by BLOs under the overall supervision of RO.
iv) Further, the RO shall share list of all such AVSC, AVPD and AVCO,
whose applications in Form 12D for availing Postal Ballot facility have been
approved by him, with the Contesting Candidates of recognized political
parties in printed hardcopy.
B. A polling team comprising of 2 polling officials out of which at least one
should be not below the rank/level of the official appointed as polling
officer for polling station and one micro observer along with a videographer
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and security will then go to the elector’s address along with a Voting
Compartment and get the elector to vote on the Postal Ballot maintaining
complete secrecy of vote. Candidates will be provided a list of these electors
in advance and will also be provided the schedule of voting and the route
chart of the polling parties so that they can send their representatives to
witness the polling procedure. Postal Ballots will then be stored securely by
the Returning Officer.
C. This is an optional facility and does not involve any Postal Department
for mailing arrangement.
D. Commission has directed the Chief Electoral Officers of all States/UTs
to take necessary steps to disseminate information and extend facilitation
to the above categories of Voters, if they exercise their choice to do so.
33. MODEL POLLING STATION AND POLLING STATIONS MANAGED BY
WOMEN, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES -
As part of its firm commitment towards gender equality and greater
constructive participation of women in the electoral process, the
Commission has also directed that, to the extent possible, at least one
polling station each managed exclusively by women and Persons with
Disabilities shall be set up in every Constituency in all poll going
States/UTs. In such women managed Polling Stations, all election staff,
including police and security personnel, will be women. A minimum one
Model Polling Station per Constituency shall also be set up using and
depicting local materials and art forms.
34. NOMINATION PROCESS:
Brief description about filing of nomination are as given below:
A. Additional option to facilitate online mode in nomination has been
provided:
i) Nomination form will also be available online on the website of
CEOs/DEOs. Any intending candidate may fill it online and its print may
be taken for submission before the Returning Officer after duly signing by
him/her & required no. of proposers and pasting photograph on it as
specified in Form-1 (Rule-3 of Conduct of Election Rules 1961).
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ii) Affidavit may also be filled online on the website of CEOs/DEOs, its
print can be taken and after putting signature of the deponent and
notarization it may be submitted along with the nomination form before the
Returning Officer.
iii) Candidate may deposit security money through online mode at the
designated platform. However, a candidate will continue to have the option
of deposit in cash in the treasury.
iv) Candidate may also exercise the option to seek his/her elector
certification for the purpose of nomination online.
B. Further, Commission has directed the following:
i) Returning Officer’s chamber should have sufficient space to perform the
functions of nomination, scrutiny and symbol allocation.
ii) Returning Officer should allot staggered time in advance to prospective
candidates.
iii) All steps required to be taken for the submission of nomination form
and affidavit shall continue to operate as per the provisions contained in
the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
35. AFFIDAVITS OF CANDIDATES:
A. All Columns to be filled in:
In pursuance of the judgment dated 13th September, 2013 passed by
the Supreme Court in Writ Petition (C) No. 121 of 2008 (Resurgence India
Vs Election Commission of India and Another), which among other things
makes it obligatory for the Returning Officer “to check whether the
information required is fully furnished (by the candidate) at the time of
filing of affidavit with the nomination paper”, the Commission has issued
instructions that in the affidavit to be filed along with the nomination
paper, candidates are required to fill up all the columns. If any column in
the affidavit is left blank, the Returning Officer will issue a notice to the
candidate to file the revised affidavit with all columns duly filled in. After
such notice, if a candidate still fails to file affidavit complete in all respects,
the nomination paper will be liable to be rejected by the Returning Officer
at the time of scrutiny.
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B. Changes in the Format of Nomination Form and Affidavit in Form 26:
Vide Notifications dated 16th September, 2016, 7th April, 2017 and 26th
February, 2019, Nomination Forms 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G & 2H have
been amended. Affidavit in Form 26 has also been amended vide
Notification dated 26th February, 2019 making provisions of
i) Mandatory disclosure of 'PAN' for candidates who have been allotted the
number or to state clearly that 'No PAN allotted' for those candidates
without a PAN;
ii) Details of total income as declared in the Income Tax return filed in the
last 5 years to be declared for candidate, spouse and HUF; and
dependents;
iii) Details to be provided of Assets (movable/immovable) held abroad
including beneficial interest in any offshore entity/trust by self, spouse,
HUF or Dependents. Copy of amended Nomination Forms and Affidavit are
available on the Commission’s website https://eci.gov.in> Menu >
Candidate nomination & other Forms.
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date of poll).
(Illustration: If the last date for withdrawal is 10th of the month and poll is
on 24th of the Month, the first block for publishing of declaration shall be
done between 11th and 14th of the Month, second and third blocks shall be
between 15th and 18th and 19th and 22nd of that Month, respectively.)
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submit such compliance report with the Election Commission, the Election
Commission shall bring such non-compliance by the political party
concerned to the notice of the Supreme Court as being in contempt of this
Court's orders/directions. The Commission’s instructions issued vide letter
no. 3/4/2020/SDR/Vol.III dated 6th March, 2020 available on the
Commission’s website may be seen.
iv) The Hon’ble Supreme Court in Brajesh Singh v. Sunil Arora & Ors.
[Contempt Petition (C) No. 656/2020 in Contempt Petition (C) No.
2192/2018 in WP(C) No. 536/2011)] issued some additional directions vide
judgment dated 10.08.2021, which has been circulated vide Commission’s
letter No. 3/4/SDR/VOL.I dated 26.08.2021, which is available on the
Commission’s website. Following are the directions which are concerned
with the political parties: -
a) Political parties are to publish information regarding criminal antecedents
of candidates on the homepage of their websites, thus making it easier for
the voter to get to the information that has to be supplied. It will also become
necessary now to have on the homepage a caption which “candidates with
criminal antecedents”;
b) We clarify that the direction in paragraph 4.4 of our Order dated
13.02.2020 be modified and it is clarified that the details which are required
to be published, shall be published within 48 hours of the selection of the
candidate and not prior to two weeks before the first date of filing of
nominations; and
c) We reiterate that if such a political party fails to submit such compliance
report with the ECI, the ECI shall bring such noncompliance by the political
party to the notice of this Court as being in contempt of this Court’s
Orders/directions, which shall in future be viewed very seriously.
38. ECO-FRIENDLY ELECTIONS:
Election Commission has issued advisories on several occasions urging
political parties and candidates to use only environment-friendly material
and to avoid single-use plastic and non-biodegradable material in their
election campaign activities. Protecting the environment is not an
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individual task but a collective responsibility and hence the Commission
urges all the political parties to avoid the use of plastic/polythene and
similar non-biodegradable materials for preparation of posters, banners,
etc. during election campaign in the interest of environment and human
health. In this connection, on 18th August, 2023, Commission has issued a
compiled instruction to all CEOs and political parties to make our elections
eco-friendly.
Further, NGT has also asked all concerned for close monitoring of
Election Commission of India’s instructions in this regard.
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stringent action for enforcement of Model Code of Conduct during the first
72 hours of announcement of the election schedule and also for
maintaining extra vigilance and strict enforcement action in the last 72
hours prior to the close of polls. These instructions have been issued in the
form of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for compliance by the field
election machinery.
41. VIDEOGRAPHY/ WEBCASTING/CCTV COVERAGE:
To conduct free, fair, inclusive and transparent election, in polling
stations, where CAPF is not deployed due to non-availability or otherwise,
one or more of the following civil (non-force) measures are kept to watch
the polling process:
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higher shall be done during the poll. Such live stream data of webcasting
on poll day shall be monitored at Integrated Control Rooms of Chief
Electoral Officer and District Election Officer.
Video/CCTV coverage shall be also be ensured at every stage of
counting. This coverage shall include the randomization process for
counting personnel, opening of Strong Rooms, transfer of CUs from Strong
Room to Counting Hall, Counting Hall arrangements, process of counting
and tabulation counters, checking of two CUs per round by the Observers,
security arrangements in and outside the Counting Hall/Centre, presence
of candidates and their agents, declaration of results, handing over of
Certificate of Return of Election, placing VVPAT slips in black envelopes
and sealing of EVM/VVPATs after counting and any other significant
events of the counting process.
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44. SYMBOLS:
From first election onwards, the Commission has devised a unique
method of identification of Political Parties and Candidates through
specific symbols. Now, this is allocated in accordance with Symbol Order-
1968, issued by the Commission under article 324 of the Constitution of
India. As on date we have 6 (six) Recognized National Parties and 58
Recognized State Political Parties which are already having ear-marked
symbols. As on 05.03.2024 common symbols have been allotted to 58
registered but unrecognized Political Parties for the General election to Lok
Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal
Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim- 2024.
45. ADVISORY TO POLITICAL PARTIES REGARDING SILENCE PERIOD:
i) For reviewing the working of Section 126 in the context of
advancements in communication technology and rise of social media, a
Committee was constituted by the Commission with the mandate of
studying the provisions of Section 126 of the Representation of the People
Act, 1951 and other related provisions and to make suitable
recommendation in this regard. The Committee submitted its report to the
Commission on 10th January, 2019. Among other proposals, the
Committee has proposed for an advisory to political parties for compliance
with the letter and spirit of the provisions of Section 126. The Commission
called upon all political parties to instruct and brief their leaders and
campaigners to ensure that they observe the silence period on all forms of
media as envisaged under Section 126 of the R.P. Act, 1951, and their
leaders and cadres do not commit any act that may violate the spirit of
Section 126.
ii) In a multi-phased election, the silence period of last 48 hours may be
on in certain constituencies while campaign is ongoing in other
constituencies. In such event, there should not be any direct or indirect
reference amounting to soliciting support for parties or candidates in the
constituencies observing the silence period.
iii) During the silence period, star campaigners and other political leaders
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should refrain from addressing the media by way of press conferences and
giving interviews on election matters.
46. ADVISORY TO POLITICAL PARTIES IN RESPECT OF PwDs:
i) The Commission has been made aware of the use of derogatory or
offensive language in the political discourse about Person with Disabilities
(PwDs). Usage of such semantics in speech/ campaign by members of any
political parties or candidates, can be interpreted as an affront to the
PwDs. It is necessary to avoid usage of derogatory language. PwDs have to
be accorded justice and respect in political discourse/ campaign.
ii) To promote inclusivity and respect in the language during political
campaign and related communications, guidelines have been issued to all
the political parties and their representatives on conduct towards PwDs
which are available on the Commission’s website.
47. ADVISORY ON PLUMMENTING LEVEL OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE:
The Mode Code of Conduct (MCC) is the primary regulation governing
electioneering and specifically provides for guidelines to be observed by
political parties and candidates in relation to campaign speeches and
appeals. Its violation especially in the case of leaders of political parties has
a widespread impact on the election process across constituencies. The
Commission has been noticing several trends, which are at work,
destabilizing the decorum of the political discourse during campaigning.
Apart from the direct violations of the MCC, trends are in play where
systematically crafted and timed statements, surrogate or indirect
violations using satire to raise unverified allegations, etc. during election
campaigns. As per the Model Code of Conduct provisions, the use of
provocative and inflammatory statements, use of intemperate and abusive
language transgressing the limits of decency, and attacks on the personal
character and conduct of political rivals vitiate the level playing field. The
spirit of the Model Code is not just avoidance of a direct violation. It also
prohibits attempts to vitiate the electoral space through suggestive or
indirect statements or innuendoes. The Commission has time and again
reiterated the MCC instructions and strongly advised and cautioned all
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National and State Parties, the RUPPs and independent, candidates to
exercise caution and restraint in their utterances.
In view of the General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2024 and other
simultaneous elections to Legislative Assemblies, the Commission vide its
letter dated 01.03.2024 has issued an advisory to political parties on
plummeting level of public discourse during campaigning. The advisory lay
down the expected decorum by political parties and candidates in general
and Star Campaigners in particular. It very clearly indicates that any
genres of surrogate or indirect violation of MCC and surrogate means to
plumate level of election campaign will be dealt with stern action. The
advisory is available on the Commission’s website https://www.eci.gov.in/
under the heading current issues.
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by the CEOs of all States/UTs in consultation with various stakeholders.
On the eve of poll, the CAPFs/SAP shall take position and control of the
respective polling stations and will be responsible for safeguarding the
polling stations and for providing security to the voters and polling
personnel on the poll day. Besides, these forces will secure the strong
rooms where EVMs and VVPATs are stored and for securing the counting
centers and for other purposes, as required. The entire force deployment in
the constituencies shall be under the oversight of the Central Observers
deputed by the Commission.
iii) To ensure optimum and effective utilization of State Police Officials and
CAPFs, Commission has directed to constitute a Committee of CEO, State
Police Nodal Officer(SPNO) and State CAPF Coordinator to jointly decide the
State Deployment Plan and to ensure randomization of State Police.
49. PROTECTION TO ELECTORS OF SC/ST AND OTHER WEAKER
SECTIONS:
As per Section 3 (1) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (as amended in 2015), whoever, not
being a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, forces or
intimidates a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe not to
vote or to vote for a particular candidate or to vote in a manner other than
that provided by law, or not to stand as a candidate etc., shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six
months but which may extend to five years and with fine. The Commission
has asked all the States/UTs to bring these provisions to the notice of all
concerned for prompt action. In order to bolster the confidence of the
voters hailing from vulnerable sections especially SCs, STs etc. and
enhance their conviction and faith in the purity and credibility of the poll
process, CAPFs/SAP shall be extensively and vigorously utilized in
patrolling and conducting route marches and undertaking other necessary
confidence building measures under the supervision of the Central
Observers.
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50. ELECTION EXPENDITURE MONITORING:
i) Comprehensive instructions for the purpose of effective monitoring of
the election expenditure of the candidates have been issued, which include
deployment of Expenditure Observers, Assistant Expenditure Observers,
formation of Flying Squads (FSs), Static Surveillance Teams (SSTs), Video
Surveillance Teams (VSTs), Video Viewing Teams (VVTs), Accounting Teams
(ATs), Media Certification & Monitoring Committee (MCMC), District
Expenditure Monitoring Committee (DEMC), involvement of enforcement
agencies viz. State Police Dept., State Excise Dept., Income Tax Dept., FIU-
IND, CBIC, DRI, CGST, SGST, State Commercial Dept., ED, NCB, CISF,
RPF, BSF, SSB, ITBP, Assam, Rifles, ICG, Department of Post, BCAS, AAI,
RBI, SLBC and State Forest Dept.
ii) State Excise Department has been asked to monitor production,
distribution, sale and storage of liquor and inducements in the form of free
goods during the election process. The functioning and operations of the
FSs/ SSTs shall be closely monitored using GPRS Tracking. For greater
transparency and for ease of monitoring of Election Expenses, candidates
would be required to open a separate bank account and incur their election
expenses from only that account. The Income Tax Dept. has been asked to
activate Air Intelligence Units (AIUs) in the airports of the States and also
to gather intelligence and take necessary action to check movement of large
sums of money in all the States/UTs. Control room and Complaint
Monitoring Centre with 24 hours toll free numbers shall be operative
during the entire election process.
iii) District Election Officers (DEOs) have been directed to obtain unusual
and suspicious cash withdrawal or deposit of cash exceeding Rs. 1 Lakh
from banks for due verification followed by necessary action. If the amount
is more than Rs. 10 Lakh, then DEOs shall pass on such information to
Income Tax Department for necessary action. FIU-IND has been requested
to share Cash Transaction Reports (CTRs) and Suspicious Transaction
Reports (STRs) with CBDT for effective monitoring of the election
expenditure of the candidates.
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iv) Some new initiatives taken by the Commission to strengthen the
Expenditure Monitoring mechanism are:
a) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for seizure and release of
cash: For the purpose of maintaining purity of elections, the Election
Commission of India has issued a Standard Operating Procedure for Flying
Squads and Static Surveillance Teams, constituted for keeping vigil over
excessive campaign expenses, distribution of items of bribe in cash or in
kind, movement of illegal arms, ammunition, liquor, or antisocial elements
etc. in the constituencies during election process. Furthermore, in order to
avoid inconvenience to the public and also for redressal of their grievances,
if any, the Commission has issued instruction to constitute a District
Grievance Committee in each district comprising three officers of the
District, namely, (i) CEO, Zila Parishad/CDO/P.D. DRDA, (ii) Nodal Officer
of Expenditure Monitoring in the District Election Office (Convener) and (iii)
District Treasury Officer. The Committee shall suo-moto examine each case
of seizure made by the Police or SST or FS and where the Committee finds
that no FIR/Complaint has been filed against the seizure or where the
seizure is not linked with any candidate or political party or any election
campaign etc., as per SOP, it shall take immediate steps to order release of
such cash etc. to such persons from whom the cash was seized after
passing a speaking order to that effect. In no case, shall any matter
relating to seized cash/seized valuables shall be kept pending in Malkhana
or treasury for more than 7 (seven) days after the date of poll, unless any
FIR /Complaint is filed.
b) Accounting of the expenditure incurred for campaign vehicles – It
has come to the notice of the Commission that the candidates take
permission from the Returning Officer for use of vehicles for campaign
purpose, but some candidates do not show the vehicle hiring charges or
fuel expenses in their election expenditure account. Therefore, it has been
decided that unless the candidate intimates the R.O. regarding
withdrawing vehicles from campaigning, the notional expenditure on
account of campaign vehicles will be calculated based on the number of
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vehicles for which permission has been granted by the Returning Officer.
c) Account Reconciliation Meeting: A contesting candidate avail
opportunity to get issue addressed relating to the election expenditure, if
any, in Account Reconciliation Meeting which shall be convened by the
DEOs on the 26th day of the declaration of the results.
d) Accounting of Expenditure on publicity of criminal antecedents: In
Pursuance of Hon'ble Supreme Court Judgement dated 25.09.2018 in
WP(C) No. 536 of 2011, the candidates as well as the concerned political
parties shall issue a declaration, in the format prescribed, in widely
circulated newspapers and on electronic media in the state regarding the
criminal antecedents of the candidates at least thrice after filing of the
nomination papers. Candidates are required to maintain expenditure
incurred by them in this regard in their accounts and the same shall be
reflected in their Abstract Statement of election expenses (Schedule 10) to
be submitted by them to the concerned DEOs along with their accounts of
election expenses within 30 days of declaration of results. Political parties
are also required to show the amount incurred by them in this regard in
their full Election Expenditure Statements (Schedule 23A, 23B) to be
submitted by them to ECI (recognized political party)/CEO (unrecognized
political party) within 90/75 days of completion of Lok Sabha/ Assembly
Election.
e) Expenditure incurred on candidates' Booth/Kiosk and on TV/Cable
Channel/Newspaper owned by party for promoting the electoral
prospects of the candidate in the account of the candidate: The
Commission, on further examination of the relevant provisions of section
77(1) of the R. P. Act, 1951, had decided that the candidates' booths set up
outside the polling stations should hereinafter be deemed to have been set
up by the candidates as part of their individual campaign and not by way
of general party propaganda and as such all expenditure incurred on such
candidates' booths shall be deemed to have been incurred/authorized by
the candidate/his election agent so as to be included in his account of
election expenses. Further, the Commission, after taking into consideration
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various references/complaints from various sources in the above matter,
has directed that if the candidate(s) or their sponsoring parties utilize
TV/Cable Channels/Newspapers owned by them for promoting the
electoral prospects of the candidate, the expenses for the same, as per
standard rate cards of the channel/newspaper, have to be included by the
candidate concerned in his Election Expenditure Statement, even if they
actually do not pay any amount to the channel/newspaper. In pursuance
of the Commission’s aforesaid decisions, Schedule 6 and Schedule 4 & 4A
in Abstract Statement of Election Expenses have been amended and
incorporated accordingly in the Compendium of Instructions on Election
Expenditure Monitoring.
f) Accounting of Expenditure on Virtual Campaign: Candidates are
required to maintain expenditure incurred by them in this regard in their
accounts and the same shall be reflected in their Abstract Statement of
election expenses (Schedule 11) to be submitted by them to the concerned
DEOs along with their accounts of election expenses within 30 days of
declaration of results. Political parties are also required to show the
amount incurred by them in this regard in their full Election Expenditure
Statements (Schedule 24A, 24B) to be submitted by them to ECI
(recognized political party)/CEO (unrecognized political party) within 90/75
days of completion of Lok Sabha/ Assembly Election.
g) Part and Full Election Expenditure Statement required to be
submitted by Political Parties: The National and State Recognised
Political Parties are required to submit their full Election Expenditure
Statements with the Election Commission of India, New Delhi whereas
Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs) are required to submit
their Election Expenditure Statements with the Chief Electoral Officers of
the States/UTs concerned where party HQ is situated within 90/75 days of
completion of Lok Sabha/ Assembly Election. In addition to full Election
Expenditure Statements, the political parties are also required to file part
Election Expenditure Statements in respect of lump-sum payments made
by the party to the candidate(s) within 30 days of declaration of results of
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Assembly/ Lok Sabha elections. The part and full Election Expenditure
Statements of National & State Recognised political Parties and RUPPs will
be uploaded on the ECI website and CEO website respectively for public
viewing.
h) Integrated Expenditure Monitoring Software (IEMS): A new tech
enabled portal https://iems.eci.gov.in/ to facilitate online filing of
Contribution Report, Election Expenditure Statement (Part and Full) and
Audited Annual Accounts by the Political Parties has been started. This
facility has been created to enable the political parties to file the statutory
and regulatory compliances, reports and statements in a hassle-free,
smooth manner and with greater transparency. All Political Parties are
urged to file their above-mentioned financial reports through above
mentioned IEMS portal.
i) Election Seizure Management System(ESMS):
A mobile app has also been launched to digitize data for intercepted/seized
items(Cash/Liquor/Drugs/Precious Metals/Freebies/other items).
j) Ceiling of Election Expenses for Candidates:
The election expenses ceiling for candidates has been revised by the
Government of India vide Notification dated 06th January, 2022. As per the
revised ceilings, the maximum limit of election expenses for a
Parliamentary Constituency is Rs. 95.00 lakh per candidate for all States
except Arunachal Pradesh, Goa and Sikkim. For these three States it is Rs.
75.00 lakh per candidate. For the Union Territories, the maximum limit for
NCT of Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir is Rs. 95.00 lakh per candidate; and
Rs.75.00 lakh per candidate for other UTs.
Accordingly, in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha the limit of expenses for
Assembly Constituencies is Rs. 40.00 lakh per candidate and in Arunachal
Pradesh and Sikkim it is Rs. 28.00 lakh per candidate.
The Commission has decided that an election expenditure / either by / to
candidate(s) or political parties exceeding Rs. 10000/- (Ten Thousand) in
all the situations be incurred by crossed account payee cheque or draft or
by RTGS/NEFT or any other electronic mode linked with bank account of
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the candidate opened for election purpose.
51. EFFECTIVE USE OF MEDIA:
Media, being an important stakeholder in the entire electoral process,
contributes in building a well- informed citizenry which is an
indispensable prerequisite for a mature democracy. Election Commission
of India considers Media as its invaluable ally in making the election
process truly participative, democratic, and transparent. Media also acts
as the Commission's eyes and ears on the field during the election process.
The Commission which works on the principle of disclosures and
transparency has made media part of all important electoral processes.
(i) Media Facilitation & Engagement: The Commission has always
considered Media as an important ally and a potent force multiplier in
ensuring an effective and efficient election management. The Commission
has directed CEOs and DEOs of all States/UTs to take the following
measures for positive and progressive engagement and interaction with the
media:
(a) Regular interaction with the media during elections and maintaining an
effective and positive line of communication with the media at all times.
(b) Effective steps to sensitize the media about the Election Code.
(c) Authority letters will be issued to all accredited media for the polling
day and day of counting.
Media is also expected to follow all the extant guidelines issued by the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) or any other competent
authorities regarding COVID containment measures during all their
election related coverage.
(ii) Pre-Certification of Political Advertisements and monitoring of suspected
cases of paid news:
Media Certification and Monitoring Committees (MCMC) are in place at
all the Districts and State level. All political advertisements proposed to be
issued on electronic media shall require pre-certification from the
concerned MCMC. Political advertisements in all electronic media/TV
Channels/Cable Network/Radio including private FM channels/Cinema
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halls/audio-visual displays in public places/voice messages & bulk SMS
over phone and social media & internet websites shall come within the
purview of pre-certification. Commission requests all Political
Parties/candidates/Media to follow pre-certification instructions.
Press Council of India (PCI) has defined paid news as “Any news or
Analysis appearing in any media (print and electronic) for a price in cash or
kind as consideration”. The Commission has accepted the definition of Paid
News given by Press Council of India (PCI) and considers that ‘Paid News’
disturbs level playing field in election and adversely affects free and fair
poll by circumventing election expenditure laws and causing undue
influence on voters. MCMCs will also keep a strict vigil on suspected cases
of paid news in the media and suitable action will be taken in confirmed
cases as per ECI guidelines after following all due procedures.
(iii) Social Media & Elections:
The media landscape has seen a paradigm shift over the last decade. Social
media has now emerged as a powerful communication & campaigning
medium for all stakeholders, now also referred to as the fifth pillar of
democracy. Considering its rising importance, the Commission proactively
vide its instruction dated 25th October 2013 laid down instructions to
guide and regulate the use of social media in election campaigns. Key
features of the instructions are as follows:
a) Social media by definition falls under the category ‘electronic media’ thus,
all political advertisements on social media fall under the purview of pre-
certification.
b) Candidates are required to furnish details of their authentic social media
accounts in Form-26 while filing nominations.
c) Candidates and political parties are required to incorporate expenditure of
social media campaigning including expenditure on political advertisements,
cost of maintaining the accounts, developing content and salaries of the
employees who manage the accounts in the election expenditure account of the
candidate.
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d) Candidates and political parties are required to pre-certify political
advertisements before release on internet-based media/social media websites
e) Provisions of Model Code of Conduct and related instructions are applicable
to the content posted on social media platforms by candidates and political
parties.
Keeping in view increasing incidents of misuse of social media and as a
result of ECI's vigorous persuasion, major Social Media Platforms agreed to
observe Voluntary Code of Ethics formulated by them in March, 2019.
This will be applicable in these elections as well.
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prohibits displaying any election matter by means, inter alia, of
television or similar apparatus, in any polling area during the period of
forty-eight hours (silence period) ending with the hour fixed for the
conclusion of the poll for any election in that polling area. Election matter
referred hereinabove is defined as any matter intended or calculated to
influence or affect the result of an election in any electronic media during
the period of 48 hours ending with the hour fixed for conclusion of poll in
each of the phases of elections.
Section 126A of the R.P. Act 1951, prohibits conduct of Exit poll and
dissemination of their results by means of print or electronic media during
the period mentioned therein, i.e. between the hour fixed for
commencement of poll in the first phase and half an hour after the time
fixed for close of poll for the last phase in all the States. Violation of Section
126 of the R.P. Act, 1951 is punishable with imprisonment upto a period of
two years, or with fine or both.
All Media houses are advised to follow instructions in this regard
keeping its spirit. Media may also refer to the ‘Guidelines issued by Press
Council of India’ dated 30.07.2010, ‘Norms of Journalistic Conduct- 2022’
and “Guidelines for Election Broadcasts” issued by News Broadcasters &
Digital Association dated 3rd March, 2014.
(vi) Campaigning on Public Broadcaster – DD & AIR
Election Commission of India, based on past performance of the
political parties, has been allocating free equitable broadcast & Telecast
time to recognized National & State political parties on the two public
broadcasters - Doordarshan and All India Radio in every Lok Sabha and
State Assembly Election for campaigning. The scheme, which was initially
notified on 16th January 1998, holds a statutory basis under Section 39A
of the R.P. Act, 1951.
The time vouchers which were issued physically to the political parties
are issued digitally. With this facilitation, the political parties will not be
required to send their representatives to ECI for collection of the time
vouchers physically during elections.
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52. Deployment of Central Observers-
i) General Observers: The Commission will deploy IAS officers as General
Observers in adequate number to ensure smooth conduct of election in
consultation with the CEOs of the poll going States. The Observers will be
asked to keep a close watch on every stage of the electoral process to
ensure free and fair election.
ii) Police Observers: The Commission would deploy IPS officers as Police
Observers in consultation with the CEOs of the poll going States at
District/PC/AC level, depending upon the need, sensitivity and assessment
of ground situation of the District/PC/AC. They will monitor all activities
relating to force deployment, law and order situation and co-ordinate
between Civil and Police administration to ensure free and fair election.
iii) Counting Observers: In addition to the already deployed General
Observers, the Commission may also deploy additional officers as Counting
Observers at District/PC/AC level, depending upon the requirement in
consultation with the CEOs of the poll going States. They will oversee the
counting center arrangements and monitor all activities relating counting
of votes.
iv) Special Observers: In exercise of the plenary powers conferred on it by
Article 324 of the Constitution of India, the Commission also deploys
Special Observers who belong to All India Services and various Central
Services if seems necessary.
v) Expenditure Observers: The Commission has also decided to appoint
adequate number of Expenditure Observers who will exclusively monitor
the election expenditure of the contesting candidates.
53. ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (EVMs) AND VOTER
VERIFIABLE PAPER AUDIT TRAIL (VVPATs):
i) EVMs and VVPATs-The Commission shall deploy Voter Verifiable Paper
Audit Trail (VVPAT) along with Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at every
polling station in the General Elections to Lok Sabha and the Legislative
Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim to
enhance the transparency and credibility of the election process as VVPAT
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allows the voter to verify his/her vote. Arrangements have already been
made to ensure availability of adequate number of EVMs and VVPATs for
the smooth conduct of elections.
ii) Awareness on EVMs and VVPATs-EVM Demonstration Centres have
been set up at District Election Officer Office and Returning Officer
Headquarters/Revenue Sub Division Offices for physical demonstration-
cum-awareness on use of EVM and VVPAT. Mobile Demonstration Vans
have also been deployed to create awareness on use of EVMs and VVPATs
to cover all polling locations. The same was operational till announcement
of elections, whereas digital outreach for awareness on EVMs and VVPATs
will be intensified after announcement.
iii) Randomization of EVMs and VVPATs-EVMs/VVPATs are randomized
twice using “EVM Management System (EMS 2.0)” while being allocated to
an Assembly Constituency/segment and then to a polling station ruling out
any pre-fixed allocation. First randomization of EVMs and VVPATs is
conducted by the District Election Officer to allocate the units Assembly
Constituency/Segment wise in the presence of the representatives of the
recognized political parties. The lists containing unique IDs of machines
are shared with them. After finalization of list of the contesting candidates,
Second randomization of EVMs and VVPATs will be conducted by the
Returning Officers to allocate the units polling station-wise in the presence
of the contesting candidates/their representatives. Lists of randomized
EVMs/VVPATs are also shared with recognized political parties/contesting
candidates.
iv) Commissioning of EVMs and VVPATs-After finalization of list of the
contesting candidates and second randomization of EVMs and VVPATs,
entire process of commissioning (candidate setting) of EVMs and VVPATs is
done in the presence of the contesting candidates/their representatives.
TV/Monitor will be installed in commissioning hall for simultaneous
viewing of symbol loading in VVPATs by candidates/their representatives
for greater transparency. After commissioning (candidate setting) of EVMs
and VVPATs, in every EVM and VVPAT, mock poll with one vote to each
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candidate including NOTA is done. Additionally, mock poll of 1000 votes is
conducted in 5% randomly selected EVMs, as well as VVPATs. The
electronic result is tallied with paper count. Candidates/their
representatives are allowed not only to select 5% machines randomly but
also to do mock poll.
v) GPS tracking of movement of EVMs and VVPATs- The Commission
has instructed the Chief Electoral Officers of all States/ UTs that end-to-
end movement of all EVMs and VVPATs including reserve shall be carefully
monitored at all times, for which vehicle carrying EVMs and VVPATs shall
mandatorily be fitted with GPS tracking system.
vi) Mock Poll on Poll Day-
a) On poll day, 90 minutes before start of actual poll, mock poll is
conducted by casting at least 50 votes ensuring that votes are recorded for
each of the contesting candidates including NOTA at every polling station,
in the presence of polling agents of the candidates and the electronic result
of the Control Unit and the VVPAT slips count are tallied and shown to
them. A certificate of successful conduct of mock poll shall be made by the
Presiding Officers in Presiding Officer’s Report.
b) Immediately after mock poll procedure, the CLEAR button on Control
Unit (CU) is pressed to clear the data of the mock poll and the fact that no
votes are recorded in the CU is displayed to the Polling Agents present in
the polling stations. The Presiding Officer also ensures that all mock poll
slips shall be taken out from the VVPAT slip compartment are stamped
“MOCK POLL SLIP” and kept in separate sealed black envelope before the
start of actual Poll.
c) After mock poll, EVMs and VVPATs are sealed in the presence of polling
agents and signature of polling agents are obtained on seals, before
starting actual poll.
vii) Poll Day and Storage of polled EVMs and VVPATs at Strong Rooms-
a) After completion of poll, Presiding Officer shall press the “CLOSE”
button of the Control Unit of the EVM so that no further vote can be cast.
EVMs and VVPATs are sealed in the respective carrying cases in the
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presence of polling agents and signature of polling agents are obtained on
seals.
b) On poll day a copy of Form-17C having details of total polled votes,
seals (unique number), serial numbers of EVMs and VVPATs used in
polling stations is provided to polling agents of candidates.
c) Polled EVMs and VVPATs are escorted back to the strong room for
storing in double lock system in the presence of candidates/their
representatives under videography. Candidates/Polling Agents are also
allowed to follow the vehicles carrying EVMs and VVPATs from polling
stations to Reception Centre for the purpose of storing in the Strong Room.
d) Candidates or their representatives can also camp in front of the strong
room. These strong rooms are guarded 24x7 in multilayers, with CCTV
coverage facilities.
viii) Counting of Votes at Counting Centres-
a) On the day of counting, strong room is opened in the presence of
Candidates, their authorised representatives, RO/ARO and ECI Observer
under videography.
b) Only Control Units of the polled EVMs are brought to the Counting
Hall(s) under security under CCTV coverage and in the presence of
candidates/their agents.
c) Round-wise CUs are brought to the counting tables from Strong Rooms
under continuous CCTV Coverage.
d) On the counting day, before retrieving the result from the Control
Units, the seals are verified, and unique serial number of CU is tallied
before counting agents deputed by the candidates.
e) On counting day, counting agents can verify the polled votes displayed
on CU with that of Form-17C. Candidate-wise polled votes are recorded in
Part-II of Form-17C and signature of counting agents are obtained thereof.
f) EVMs & VVPATs are stored back in Strong Room in the presence of
candidates/their representatives till the completion of the Election Petition
period.
ix) Mandatory Verification of VVPAT Paper Slip-In pursuance of the
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Hon’ble Supreme Court of India’s Order dated 8th April, 2019, the
Commission has mandated VVPAT slips count of Five (5) randomly selected
Polling Stations in each Assembly Constituency/Segment of the
Parliamentary Constituency of the States/UTs by the Returning Officer, by
draw of lot in presence of candidates/their counting agents & ECI
Observer, for verification of the result obtained from the Control Unit. This
mandatory verification of VVPAT slip count of five (5) polling stations in
each Assembly Constituency/ Segment shall be in addition to the
provisions of Rule 56(D) of the Conduct of Elections Rules,1961.
x) None of the Above (NOTA) in EVMs, VVPATs and Postal Ballot: As
usual, there will be ‘None of the Above’ option for the electors. On the BUs,
below the name of the last candidate, there will be a button for NOTA
option so that voters who do not want to vote for any of the candidates can
exercise their option by pressing the button against NOTA. Similarly, on
Postal Ballot Papers there will be a NOTA Panel after the name of the last
candidate. The symbol for NOTA as given below will be printed against the
NOTA Panel.
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the specifications laid down by the Commission.
54. DEPLOYMENT OF POLLING PERSONNEL, RANDOMIZATION AND
THEIR VOTING FACILITIES:
i) Polling parties shall be formed randomly, through the special
randomization IT application.
ii) There shall be such randomization for Police personnel and Home
Guards also, who are deployed at the polling stations on the poll day.
iii) All persons appointed on election duty who are not able to cast their
vote at the polling station where they are enrolled as a voter are entitled to
the facility of either an EDC or a Postal Ballot.
iv) In case, they are put on election duty in the same constituency in
which they are enrolled as a voter, they are entitled to get an EDC which
entitles them to vote at the polling station where they are on duty.
55. VOTERS’ FACILITATION CENTERS FOR POLLING PERSONNEL-
As per new Rule 18A inserted in the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961,
now a Voter on Election Duty, shall receive his postal ballot, record his vote
thereon and return the same at the Facilitation Center set up by the
Returning Officer. Therefore, in view of the extant rule position, all the
Voters on Election Duty, deployed in a constituency where they are not
enrolled as a voter, shall cast their votes only at the Facilitation Centers
and not in any other manner. They shall sign the declaration in Form 13A
in presence of, and have the signature attested by, any Group A or Group
B officer or the presiding officer of the polling station at which they are on
election duty.
56. INCREASED REMUNERATION OF POLLING PERSONNEL-
Polling parties on the ground are the epitome of grit and resilience. Their
determination to keep the spirit of democracy reigning supreme truly is an
inspiration to one and all. Further, in view of the arduous and difficult
journey that polling teams have to undertake to ensure that no voter is left
behind, ECI has recently doubled the remuneration of polling officials
heading for election duty three days or more in advance to reach polling
stations located in remote and difficult areas. Till now, the remuneration
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for polling Officials used to be uniform per diem amount for all polling
personnel.
57. CONDUCT OF OFFICIALS:
The Commission expects all officials engaged in the conduct of elections
to discharge their duties in an impartial manner without any fear or
favour. They are deemed to be on deputation to the Commission and shall
be subject to its control, supervision and discipline. The conduct of all
Government officials who have been entrusted with election related
responsibilities and duties would remain under constant scrutiny of the
Commission and strict action shall be taken against those officials who are
found wanting on any account.
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portal, the candidate only needs to take a printout, get it notarized and
submit the application along with relevant documents to the Returning
Officer in person. The Online Nomination Facility is an optional facility to
facilitate ease of filing and correct filing. The regular offline submission as
prescribed under the law shall continue too.
iv) Know Your Candidates (KYC): The Election Commission of India has
developed a dedicated app for Know your Candidate (KYC) for both Android
and iOS platforms for informing about “Criminal Antecedents” status of
candidates. This allows citizens to browse candidates with/ without
Criminal Antecedents and empowers the citizens to know the criminal
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antecedents of the candidates. The application is available on the Google
Play store and Apple App Store.
vi) Voter Turnout App: Voter Turnout App will be used to display
estimated provisional voter turnout details of each Assembly Constituency
/ Parliamentary Constituency entered by the Returning officer. The media
can also use the same application to capture estimated voter turnout data.
Approximate voter turnout data of each phases of the elections will be
displayed through this app. The application is available on the Google Play
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store and Apple App Store.
a) Candidate Nomination: The Returning Officer will fill all the required
details to register the profile of a candidate in the system that will be used
at multiple levels of conduct of election process. For all received
nominations, the Returning Officer needs to upload the affidavits. This is
also applicable in case of multiple nominations by one candidate.
e) Index Card: A facility has been provided to the Returning Officer to fill
the Index card online after counting. It contains each detail of elections
from the schedule of elections to the declaration of results such as data on
nomination, turnout, counting etc.
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f) Expenditure Monitoring: This expenditure-monitoring module
provides facility to all the DEOs to feed the data of DEO Scrutiny reports
prepared in respect of each candidate.
viii) Results Website and Results Trends TV: The timely publication
of the round-wise information is vital for establishing a single source of
authentic data. The counting data entered by respective Returning Officers
is available as ‘Trends and Results’ for public view through ’ECI Results
website’ https://results.eci.gov.in/ The result website has been upgraded
with enhanced features including map view for better users’
experience. The results are shown with the Infographics and displayed
with auto-scroll panels through large display screens outside the counting
hall or any public place through Trends TV. The trends & results is also
available on VHA mobile App.
ix) EVM Management System (EMS 2.0): EVM Management System 2.0
is designed to manage inventory of EVM units. One of the important modes
to ensure a fair and transparent process in EVM management is the
administrative protocol of the two sets of randomizations of the machines
before they are deployed in the Polling stations. The randomizations of
EVMs/VVPATs are done through EMS 2.0 in the presence of recognized
political parties/ contesting candidates/representatives and ECI Observers.
xi) Voter Helpline Mobile App (VHA): Citizens can avail and access
various services such as apply for a voter ID card, apply online for
corrections to voter's card, view details of the Polling Booth, Assembly
Constituency, and Parliamentary Constituency, and get the contact details
of the Booth Level Officer, Electoral Registration Officer among other
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services. The mobile app is available on the Google Play store and Apple
App Store.
xiii) BLO App: BLO App (erstwhile known as GARUDA App) is a dedicated
Mobile App for BLOs to perform their tasks digitally. The application is
available on both the Google Play store and Apple App store. The following
are the main features of the BLO App:
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xv) National Grievance Service Portal (NGSP): The Election Commission
has developed a National Grievance Service Portal (NGSP). This system is
developed in such a manner that in addition to providing redress to the
complaints of the Citizens, Electors, Political Parties, Candidates, Media
and Election Officials at National, State and District levels, it also serves as
a common interface for providing services through a common interface. The
application provides a single interface for handling complaints by the
Election officials. All Electoral Officers, District Election Officers, CEO and
ECI Officials are part of the system. Thus, issues are directly assigned to
the respective user upon registration. The citizen can use this service using
https://voters.eci.gov.in
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Bulk import feature to quickly upload data through Excel format
Email/ SMS based alerts / acknowledgements to increase compliance
Aadhaar based e-Sign
xviii) Election Planning Portal: The Election Planning Portal is the new
initiative taken by the Election Commission of India to provide a digital
platform to the election management process. This portal will be accessed
by the CEOs of all the States and UTs, Planning division and zonal
divisions in ECI. This portal has various features that cover almost all-
important aspects related to vacancy management, bye-elections, election
scheduler, holiday management, security management etc. This application
has a well-informative dashboard that provides a quick snapshot of the
electoral data to the CEOs and ECI users. This application uses an auto
alert algorithm to intimate the CEOs about the plan and overdue activities
of their state and parliamentary planner. The ECI user can also
communicate with the state officials via SMS and mail using this portal.
xix) Media Voucher Online (https://timevoucher.eci.gov.in): The
Election Commission of India's "Go Green" initiative is a commendable step
towards a more environmentally responsible and efficient electoral system.
By adopting digital vouchers, the Commission is demonstrating its
commitment to sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and modernization. This
initiative not only benefits the environment but also enhances the
experience for political parties involved in the electoral process. It sets a
positive example for other governmental bodies and organizations to follow,
highlighting the importance of embracing digital solutions and eco-friendly
practices in a rapidly changing world.
xx) Observer Portal: Observer portal is an online portal for data
management of all types of observers i.e. general observer, police observer
and expenditure observes. The deployment schedule of the observer, report
submission and many other activities are completed with the help of this
portal. The observers also get multiple facilities like filling & submission of
reports, notification from the commission, downloads of all the required
documents and many more. Parallel to the web portal, a mobile app is also
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provided that includes all the features that are available in the web
application.
59. COVID GUIDELINES:
The Commission has issued COVID Guidelines to be followed during
the conduct of the General Election and Bye Elections which are available
at Commission’s website.
62. The Commission has directed the Central, State and District Level
Election Machinery to be completely impartial, fearless, objective, and
independent from any influence whatsoever. The Commission solicits
proactive support of all political parties, media organizations, civil
societies, youth and community organizations and all voters to join hands
with the Commission and wholeheartedly participate in poll process. I
hope that with the proactive participation and support of all stakeholders
in the country, all National and State level elections will attain greater
heights in all benchmarks recording highest turnout ever in the country.
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solemn resolve and deep commitment to fulfill its constitutional mandate
to conduct free, fair, credible, inclusive, participative and transparent
elections. The Commission exhorts election machinery to re-dedicate
themselves to the task associated with the conduct of elections as a sacred
duty. The Commission appeals to all the stakeholders and in particular,
the political parties and the candidates, to uphold the peerless democratic
traditions of the nation by maintaining high standards of political
discourse and fair play in course of their election campaigns. Finally, the
Commission calls upon all voters to reinforce the democratic ethos of the
nation by turning up at the polling stations and exercise their right to vote
in an informed and ethical manner.
Sd/-
(Nitesh Vyas)
Senior Deputy Election Commissioner
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INDIA
LADAKH
1
1
GENERAL ELECTION 2024
2
22 21 13 11 47
17
MUMBAI 38 UKHRUL
22 23 19
23 15
25 17 1 52 2
26 24 12 20 50
36 37 21 KANGPOKPI 44
24 33 39 10
27 28 16
46
4 2 TAMENGLONG
29 25 34 2 53 1
41 3
51
16
17 9 2 EAST
IMPHAL
30 35 10
33 3 IMPHAL 15
3
8
31 32 40 5 TELANGANA 18 WEST 19 11 14 4
12
43
7 16 1 1
13 5 7 KAMJONG
43 6 15 4 JIRIBAM NONEY 21 20 6 7
45 42 5 40 54
25 24
22 30 31 32
23
87
35 33
36 THOUBAL
10 14 17
26 34
9 6 BISHNUPUR
48 44 5 28 KAKCHING 37
10 8 27
38 TENGNOUPAL
4 13 2
57
29 42
46 1 11 12 7
9 59
58
39
47 6 14 13
55 PHERZAWL
12
3 11 MYANMAR
2 56
CHURACHANDPUR
CHANDEL (BURMA)
15
1 8 16 60 41
18
GOA 11 17 ANDHRA
2
10 9
PRADESH
12 19 MIZORAM
22
KARNATAKA 21 Map not to Scale
13
20
14 18
23
24
15 19 27
28 25 1
16 2
25 7 3 4
ELECTION PHASES-2024
17 24 8 5
26
20 23 9 6
1 12
21 11
2
3
22 10
13 1 PUDUCHERRY
Phase No of PCs No of States Poll Date
15 14 26
5
4
19 18 16
1ST PHASE 102 21 19-04-2024
27
6 25 28
7 8 20 17
23 2ND PHASE 89 13 26-04-2024
KERALA 21 TAMIL NADU 29 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
10
11
9
22
24 30
3RD PHASE 94 12 07-05-2024 ISLANDS
12 1
15 14
13 33 32 31
4TH PHASE 96 10 13-05-2024
LAKSHADWEEP 34
1 17
37
35 5TH PHASE 49 08 20-05-2024
16 18
19 38
36
6TH PHASE 57 07 25-05-2024
20 39
7TH PHASE 57 08 01-06-2024
LEGEND
State / UT Boundary
Parliamentary Boundary
District Boundary
Assembly Boundary Map not to Scale
ECI PRESS NOTE - 16 Mar, 2024
General Elections - 2024
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2024
NUMBER OF VOTING ON DIFFERENT POLLING DATES IN STATES & UNION TERRITORIES
ANDHRA ARUNACHAL
ODISHA SIKKIM
PRADESH PRADESH
Sl. Poll Day
Poll Event
No. 1 1 2 3 4 1 1
Phase-4 Phase-4 Phase-5 Phase-6 Phase-7 Phase-1 Phase-1
1 Announcement & Issue of 16 Mar 2024 16 Mar 2024 16 Mar 2024 16 Mar 2024 16 Mar 2024 16 Mar 2024 16 Mar 2024
Press Note (Saturday) (Saturday) (Saturday) (Saturday) (Saturday) (Saturday) (Saturday)
2 Issue of No�fication 18 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2024 26 Apr 2024 29 Apr 2024 07 May 2024 20 Mar 2024 20 Mar 2024
(Thursday) (Thursday) (Friday) (Monday) (Tuesday) (Wednesday) (Wednesday)
3 Last Date for filing 25 Apr 2024 25 Apr 2024 03 May 2024 06 May 2024 14 May 2024 27 Mar 2024 27 Mar 2024
Nominations (Thursday) (Thursday) (Friday) (Monday) (Tuesday) (Wednesday) (Wednesday)
4 Scru�ny of Nominations 26 Apr 2024 26 Apr 2024 04 May 2024 07 May 2024 15 May 2024 28 Mar 2024 28 Mar 2024
(Friday) (Friday) (Saturday) (Tuesday) (Wednesday) (Thursday) (Thursday)
5 Last date for withdrawal of 29 Apr 2024 29 Apr 2024 06 May 2024 09 May 2024 17 May 2024 30 Mar 2024 30 Mar 2024
Candidature (Monday) (Monday) (Monday) (Thursday) (Friday) (Saturday) (Saturday)
6 Date of Poll 13 May 2024 13 May 2024 20 May 2024 25 May 2024 01 June 2024 19 Apr 2024 19 Apr 2024
(Monday) (Monday) (Monday) (Saturday) (Saturday) (Friday) (Friday)
7 Date of Coun�ng of Votes 04 June 2024 04 June 2024 04 June 2024 04 June 2024 04 June 2024 04 June 2024 04 June 2024
(Tuesday) (Tuesday) (Tuesday) (Tuesday) (Tuesday) (Tuesday) (Tuesday)
8 Date before which the elec�on 06 June 2024 06 June 2024 06 June 2024 06 June 2024 06 June 2024 06 June 2024 06 June 2024
shall be Completed (Thursday) (Thursday) (Thursday) (Thursday) (Thursday) (Thursday) (Thursday)
Last Date for filing 27 Mar 2024 28 Mar 2024 04 Apr 2024 04 Apr 2024 19 Apr 2024 25 Apr 2024 03 May 2024 06 May 2024 14 May 2024
3 (Wednesday) (Thursday) (Thursday) (Thursday) (Friday) (Thursday) (Friday) (Monday) (Tuesday)
of Nominations
Scru�ny of 28 Mar 2024 30 Mar 2024 05 Apr 2024 06 Apr 2024 20 Apr 2024 26 Apr 2024 04 May 2024 07 May 2024 15 May 2024
4
Nominations (Thursday) (Saturday) (Friday) (Saturday) (Saturday) (Friday) (Saturday) (Tuesday) (Wednesday)
Last date for 30 Mar 2024 02 Apr 2024 08 Apr 2024 08 Apr 2024 22 Apr 2024 29 Apr 2024 06 May 2024 09 May 2024 17 May 2024
5 withdrawal of
(Saturday) (Tuesday) (Monday) (Monday) (Monday) (Monday) (Monday) (Thursday) (Friday)
Candidature
19 Apr 2024 26 Apr 2024 07 May 2024 13 May 2024 20 May 2024 25 May 2024 01 June 2024
6 Date of Poll (Friday) (Friday) (Tuesday) (Monday) (Monday) (Saturday) (Saturday)
Date of Coun�ng 04 June 2024 04 June 2024 04 June 2024 04 June 2024 04 June 2024 04 June 2024 04 June 2024
7 (Tuesday) (Tuesday) (Tuesday) (Tuesday) (Tuesday) (Tuesday) (Tuesday)
of Votes
Date before
which the 06 June 2024 06 June 2024 06 June 2024 06 June 2024 06 June 2024 06 June 2024 06 June 2024
8 (Thursday) (Thursday) (Thursday) (Thursday) (Thursday) (Thursday) (Thursday)
elec�on shall
be Completed
Number of PCs 102 89 94 96 49 57 57
No. of States/UTs
21 13 12 10 8 7 8
in each Schedule
ANDAMAN AND
NICOBAR ISLANDS
Parliamentary Constituency Map
B a y o f
B e n g a l
B a y o f
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1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE Map not to Scale
Parliamentary Constituency
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Andaman and Nicobar GEN
No of PCs going to poll 1 Islands
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
ANDHRA PRADESH MAHAR-
ASHTRA ODISHA
Parliamentary Constituency Map CHHATTISGARH
MAHARASHTRA 2
3
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4
TELANGANA
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24 23
1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
25 3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
LEGEND 5TH PHASE
State/UT Boundary 6TH PHASE
TAMIL NADU Map not to Scale Parliamentary Boundary 7TH PHASE
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 4 1 1 Araku ST
No of PCs going to poll 25 2 2 Srikakulam GEN
Issue of Notification: 18-04-2024 3 3 Vizianagaram GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 25-04-2024 4 4 Visakhapatnam GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 26-04-2024 5 5 Anakapalle GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 29-04-2024 6 6 Kakinada GEN
Date of Poll 13-05-2024 7 7 Amalapuram SC
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024 8 8 Rajahmundry GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024 9 9 Narsapuram GEN
Completed 10 10 Eluru GEN
11 11 Machilipatnam GEN
12 12 Vijayawada GEN
13 13 Guntur GEN
14 14 Narasaraopet GEN
15 15 Bapatla SC
16 16 Ongole GEN
17 17 Nandyal GEN
18 18 Kurnool GEN
19 19 Anantapur GEN
20 20 Hindupur GEN
21 21 Kadapa GEN
22 22 Nellore GEN
23 23 Tirupati SC
24 24 Rajampet GEN
25 25 Chittoor SC
ANDHRA PRADESH MAHAR-
ASHTRA
Assembly Constituency Map ODISHA 1
CHHATTISGARH 11
2
12 4
10
13 3
MAHARASHTRA 14 9 8
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TELANGANA 29
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52
49 37
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69 54 50
68 66 40 41
84 51 38
70 64 62 55 48
82 63 47 42
83 61
65 43
PUDUCHERRY
100 85 60 56 46
79 80 71 44
81 73 57
78 72 59
101 87 45
98 74 58
86 94
95 91 77
97
99 96 93 89
88 75
102
104 92 90 76
145 136
105 106
B a y o f
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146 138 111 107 B e n g a l
112 108
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147 110
142 141 113
KARNATAKA 140 134
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149 123
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131 132
152 133 114
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124 115
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154 155 160 129 130 126
117 118
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159 122
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158 128
127 120
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162 163 168 121 1ST PHASE
167 2ND PHASE
164 166 170 169 3RD PHASE
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4TH PHASE
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173
174 6TH PHASE
172
7TH PHASE
LEGEND
175
TAMIL NADU State/UT Boundary
Map not to Scale Assembly Boundary
ECI PRESS NOTE - 16-03-2024
General Elections - 2024
BHUTAN
MYANMAR
(BURMA) 1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
LEGEND 4TH PHASE
ASSAM International Boundary 5TH PHASE
State Boundary 6TH PHASE
Map not to Scale NAGALAND Parliamentary Boundary 7TH PHASE
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32 40
22 43
35 42
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30 31
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12 58 57 55
5 56
MYANMAR
59
60 (BURMA)
1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
ASSAM 3RD PHASE
NAGALAND LEGEND
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5TH PHASE
International Boundary
State Boundary 6TH PHASE
Map not to Scale Assembly Boundary 7TH PHASE
ECI PRESS NOTE - 16-03-2024
General Elections - 2024
12 13
BHUTAN
14
1 11
WEST 4
BENGAL 10
3
9
2 NAGALAND
5
MEGHALAYA
6
MYANMAR
(BURMA)
BANGLADESH 8 MANIPUR
7 1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
LEGEND 4TH PHASE
International Boundary 5TH PHASE
State Boundary 6TH PHASE
Parliamentary Boundary Map not to Scale
TRIPURA MIZORAM 7TH PHASE
NEPAL SIKKIM
1
2
4 5
17 3
6 7
18 8 9 10
BANGLADESH
19 16 15 14
UTTAR PRADESH 23
20 13 12
21 22 25
24 11
32 31 30 WEST
33
BENGAL
29 26
36 28
1ST PHASE
35 2ND PHASE
34 27 3RD PHASE
39 40 4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE
37 38 6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE
LEGEND
JHARKHAND International Boundary
Map not to Scale State Boundary
Parliamentary Boundary
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 1B 1 37 Aurangabad GEN
No of PCs going to poll 4 2 38 Gaya SC
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024 3 39 Nawada GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 28-03-2024 4 40 Jamui SC
Scrutiny of Nominations: 30-03-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 02-04-2024
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 2A 5 10 Kishanganj GEN
No of PCs going to poll 5 6 11 Katihar GEN
Issue of Notification: 28-03-2024 7 12 Purnia GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 04-04-2024 8 26 Bhagalpur GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 05-04-2024 9 27 Banka GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 08-04-2024
Date of Poll 26-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 3 10 7 Jhanjharpur GEN
No of PCs going to poll 5 11 8 Supaul GEN
Issue of Notification: 12-04-2024 12 9 Araria GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 19-04-2024 13 13 Madhepura GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 20-04-2024 14 25 Khagaria GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 22-04-2024
Date of Poll 07-05-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 4 15 14 Darbhanga GEN
No of PCs going to poll 5 16 22 Ujiarpur GEN
Issue of Notification: 18-04-2024 17 23 Samastipur SC
Last Date for filing Nominations: 25-04-2024 18 24 Begusarai GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 26-04-2024 19 28 Munger GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 29-04-2024
Date of Poll 13-05-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 5 20 5 Sitamarhi GEN
No of PCs going to poll 5 21 6 Madhubani GEN
Issue of Notification: 26-04-2024 22 15 Muzaffarpur GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 03-05-2024 23 20 Saran GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 04-05-2024 24 21 Hajipur SC
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 06-05-2024
Date of Poll 20-05-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 6 25 1 Valmiki Nagar GEN
No of PCs going to poll 8 26 2 Paschim Champaran GEN
Issue of Notification: 29-04-2024 27 3 Purvi Champaran GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 06-05-2024 28 4 Sheohar GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 07-05-2024 29 16 Vaishali GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 09-05-2024 30 17 Gopalganj SC
Date of Poll 25-05-2024 31 18 Siwan GEN
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024 32 19 Maharajganj GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 7 33 29 Nalanda GEN
No of PCs going to poll 8 34 30 Patna Sahib GEN
Issue of Notification: 07-05-2024 35 31 Pataliputra GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 14-05-2024 36 32 Arrah GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 15-05-2024 37 33 Buxar GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 17-05-2024 38 34 Sasaram SC
Date of Poll 01-06-2024 39 35 Karakat GEN
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024 40 36 Jahanabad GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
CHANDIGARH
Parliamentary Constituency Map
PUNJAB
1
HARYANA
PUNJAB
1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE
LEGEND
State / UT Boundary Map not to Scale
Parliamentary Constituency
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 7 1 1 Chandigarh GEN
No of PCs going to poll 1
Issue of Notification: 07-05-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 14-05-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 15-05-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 17-05-2024
Date of Poll 01-06-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
CHHATTISGARH UTTAR
Parliamentary Constituency Map PRADESH
JHARKHAND
MADHYA PRADESH
2
5
7
8
6
ODISHA
MAHARASHTRA
11
10
1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
TELANGANA 7TH PHASE
ANDHRA PRADESH
LEGEND
State Boundary
Map not to Scale Parliamentary Boundary
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 1A 1 10 Bastar ST
No of PCs going to poll 1
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
GUJARAT
GUJARAT
ARABIAN 2
SEA
1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE
MAHARASHTRA
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE
LEGEND
State / UT Boundary Map not to Scale
Parliamentary Constituency
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 3 1 1 Daman and Diu GEN
No of PCs going to poll 2 2 2 Dadra and Nagar Haveli ST
Issue of Notification: 12-04-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 19-04-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 20-04-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 22-04-2024
Date of Poll 07-05-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
DELHI
Parliamentary Constituency Map
HARYANA
5
UTTAR PRADESH
2
6 4 3
1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
7
5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE
LEGEND HARYANA
State / UT Boundary
Parliamentary Boundary Map not to Scale
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 6 1 1 Chandni Chowk GEN
No of PCs going to poll 7 2 2 North East Delhi GEN
Issue of Notification: 29-04-2024 3 3 East Delhi GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 06-05-2024 4 4 New Delhi GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 07-05-2024 5 5 North West Delhi SC
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 09-05-2024 6 6 West Delhi GEN
Date of Poll 25-05-2024 7 7 South Delhi GEN
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
GOA
Parliamentary Constituency Map
MAHARASHTRA
A R A B I A N
S E A
2
1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE KARNATAKA
5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE
LEGEND
State Boundary
Parliamentary Boundary Map not to Scale
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 3 1 1 North Goa GEN
No of PCs going to poll 2 2 2 South Goa GEN
Issue of Notification: 12-04-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 19-04-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 20-04-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 22-04-2024
Date of Poll 07-05-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
GUJARAT PAKISTAN
Parliamentary Constituency Map
2
RAJASTHAN
3
4 5
1
7
6 8 18
17 19
Gulf of 9
Kachchh
16 20 MADHYA
10 PRADESH
12 21
11 15 22
1ST PHASE 14 24
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
23
4TH PHASE
A R A BI A N 13
5TH PHASE 25
6TH PHASE S E A
7TH PHASE
LEGEND
DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI
26
International Boundary MAHARASHTRA
State / UT Boundary AND DAMAN AND DIU
Parliamentary Boundary Map not to Scale
CHANDIGARH
UTTARAKHAND
1
PUNJAB
3 5
4 UTTAR
6 PRADESH
7
DELHI
8
RAJASTHAN
1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE 10
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE
LEGEND
State / UT Boundary
Parliamentary Boundary Map not to Scale
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 6 1 1 Ambala SC
No of PCs going to poll 10 2 2 Kurukshetra GEN
Issue of Notification: 29-04-2024 3 3 Sirsa SC
Last Date for filing Nominations: 06-05-2024 4 4 Hisar GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 07-05-2024 5 5 Karnal GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 09-05-2024 6 6 Sonipat GEN
Date of Poll 25-05-2024 7 7 Rohtak GEN
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024 8 8 Bhiwani-Mahendragarh GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024 9 9 Gurgaon GEN
Completed 10 10 Faridabad GEN
HIMACHAL PRADESH
Parliamentary Constituency Map
CHINA
LADAKH
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
1
CHINA
2
4
PUNJAB
CHANDIGARH 1ST PHASE
UTTARAKHAND
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE
HARYANA LEGEND
UTTAR
International Boundary
PRADESH State / UT Boundary
Map not to Scale Parliamentary Boundary
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 7 1 1 Kangra GEN
No of PCs going to poll 4 2 2 Mandi GEN
Issue of Notification: 07-05-2024 3 3 Hamirpur GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 14-05-2024 4 4 Shimla SC
Scrutiny of Nominations: 15-05-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 17-05-2024
Date of Poll 01-06-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Parliamentary Constituency Map
1
LADAKH
PAKISTAN 3
4
1 PHASE
ST
2ND PHASE
5
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE HIMACHAL PRADESH
LEGEND
International Boundary
State / UT Boundary
Parliamentary Boundary PUNJAB Map not to Scale
UTTAR
1 BANGL-
ADESH
PRADESH
5 3
13 2
4 6
14
7
8
WEST BENGAL
12
Map not to Scale
10 5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE
LEGEND
International Boundary
State Boundary
ODISHA Parliamentary Boundary
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 4 1 10 Singhbhum ST
No of PCs going to poll 4 2 11 Khunti ST
Issue of Notification: 18-04-2024 3 12 Lohardaga ST
Last Date for filing Nominations: 25-04-2024 4 13 Palamu SC
Scrutiny of Nominations: 26-04-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 29-04-2024
Date of Poll 13-05-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be Completed 06-06-2024
MAHARASHTRA
5 TELANGANA
4
1
6
3
2
GOA 11
10
9
12
ANDHRA PRADESH
13
18
14
15 27
19
A R A B I A N 16 28
S E A 17 24 26 25
20 23
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1ST PHASE
21
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE 22
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE TAMIL NADU
LEGEND KERALA
PUDUCHERRY
International Boundary
State/UT Boundary
Parliamentary Boundary
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 2A 1 15 Udupi Chikmagalur GEN
No of PCs going to poll 14 2 16 Hassan GEN
Issue of Notification: 3 17 Dakshina Kannada GEN
28-03-2024
4 18 Chitradurga SC
Last Date for filing Nominations: 04-04-2024
5 19 Tumkur GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 05-04-2024
6 20 Mandya GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 08-04-2024
7 21 Mysore GEN
Date of Poll 26-04-2024
8 22 Chamarajanagar SC
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
9 23 Bangalore Rural GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
10 24 Bangalore North GEN
Completed
11 25 Bangalore Central GEN
12 26 Bangalore South GEN
13 27 Chikkballapur GEN
14 28 Kolar SC
1 KARNATAKA
PUDUCHERRY 3
4
5
6
8
7
TAMIL NADU
A R A B I A N 10
S E A
11
12
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14
15
17
16
18
1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE 19
5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE
LEGEND 20
State / UT Boundary
Parliamentary Boundary Map not to Scale
Schedule Reference Parliamentary Constituencies
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 2A 1 1 Kasaragod GEN
No of PCs going to poll 20 2 2 Kannur GEN
Issue of Notification: 28-03-2024 3 3 Vadakara GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 04-04-2024 4 4 Wayanad GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 05-04-2024 5 5 Kozhikode GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 08-04-2024 6 6 Malappuram GEN
Date of Poll 26-04-2024 7 7 Ponnani GEN
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024 8 8 Palakkad GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024 9 9 Alathur SC
Completed 10 10 Thrissur GEN
11 11 Chalakudy GEN
12 12 Ernakulam GEN
13 13 Idukki GEN
14 14 Kottayam GEN
15 15 Alappuzha GEN
16 16 Mavelikkara SC
17 17 Pathanamthitta GEN
18 18 Kollam GEN
19 19 Attingal GEN
20 20 Thiruvananthapuram GEN
AFGHANISTAN LADAKH
Parliamentary Constituency Map
CHINA
1
PAKISTAN
1ST PHASE
Map not to Scale 2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
LEGEND 4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE
International Boundary HIMACHAL PRADESH 6TH PHASE
State / UT Boundary
Parliamentary Boundary 7TH PHASE
PUNJAB
Parliamentary Constituency
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 5 1 1 Ladakh GEN
No of PCs going to poll 1
Issue of Notification: 26-04-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 03-05-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 04-05-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 06-05-2024
Date of Poll 20-05-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
LAKSHADWEEP
Parliamentary Constituency Map
ARABIAN
SEA
1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE Map not to Scale
Parliamentary Constituency
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Lakshadweep ST
No of PCs going to poll 1
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
MADHYA PRADESH
Parliamentary Constituency Map
2
1
RAJASTHAN 3 UTTAR PRADESH
4 6 10
9
23 8
11
5
20 7
22 19 12
18
21 13
24 26 17
GUJARAT
14 CHHATTISGARH
25 1ST PHASE
2ND PHASE
29 16 3RD PHASE
28 4TH PHASE
27 15 5TH PHASE
6TH PHASE
7TH PHASE
LEGEND
Map not to Scale
MAHARASHTRA State Boundary
Parliamentary Boundary
GUJARAT
1 4 7 10 11
2 3 8 9
DADRA AND NAGAR 6
HAVELI AND
DAMAN AND DIU
20 5 14
19 18 13 12
22 21
38
23 17 15
1.
36 37 39 TELANGANA CHHATTISGARH
33 16
34 41 1. 22
35 23
40 26 25
32 24
43 27 28
45 42 29 25 Map not to Scale
30
31 33
1ST PHASE
44 2ND PHASE
48 3RD PHASE
LEGEND
State/UT Boundary
GOA ANDHRA PRADESH Parliamentary Boundary
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 1A 1 9 Ramtek SC
No of PCs going to poll 5 2 10 Nagpur GEN
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024 3 11 Bhandara - Gondiya GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024 4 12 Gadchiroli - Chimur ST
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024 5 13 Chandrapur GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
NAGALAND
ASSAM 48
49
45
SENAPATI
47
UKHRUL
52 2
50
KANGPOKPI 44
46
TAMENGLONG
53 1
16
51 2 IMPHAL
17 9 EAST
10 15
IMPHAL 8
WEST 3
18 19 11 4
14 43
12
13 5 7 KAMJONG
1
NONEY 21 20 6 7
JIRIBAM 25 24
40 54 22 30 31 32
23 35 33
36 THOUBAL
26 34
BISHNUPUR
28 KAKCHING 37
27 TENGNOUPAL
38
57
2 29 42
59 39
58
55 PHERZAWL
56
CHURACHANDPUR
CHANDEL
LIST OF
ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY
60 41 1 Khundrakpam 31 Thoubal
2 Heingang 32 Wangkhem
3 Khurai 33 Heirok
4 Khetrigao 34 Wangjing Tentha
5 Thongju 35 Khangabok
6 Keirao 36 Wabgai
7 Andro 37 Kakching
8 Lamlai 38 Hiyanglam
9 Thangmeiband 39 Sugnoo
10 Uripok 41 Chandel (ST)
11 Sagolband 46 Saikul (ST)
12 Keisamthong 50 Kangpokpi
13 Singjamei 51 Saitu (ST)
14 Yaiskul 57 Henglep (ST)
15 Wangkhei 58 Churachandpur (ST)
1ST PHASE 16 Sekmai (SC) 59 Saikot (ST)
MIZORAM 17 Lamsang 60 Singhat (ST)
MYANMAR
2ND PHASE
18 Konthoujam 40 Jiribam
3RD PHASE
(BURMA)
19 Patsoi 42 Tengnoupal (ST)
4TH PHASE 20 Langthabal 43 Phungyar (ST)
5TH PHASE 21 Naoriya 44 Ukhrul (ST)
6TH PHASE Pakhanglakpa 45 Chingai (ST)
7TH PHASE 22 Wangoi 47 Karong (ST)
23 Mayang Imphal 48 Mao (ST)
LEGEND 24 Nambol 49 Tadubi (ST)
25 Oinam 52 Tamei (ST)
International Boundary
26 Bishenpur 53 Tamenglong (ST)
State Boundary
27 Moirang 54 Nungba (ST)
District Boundary
28 Thanga 55 Tipaimukh (ST)
Parliamentary Boundary
29 Kumbi 56 Thanlon (ST)
Map not to Scale Assembly Boundary
30 Lilong
Parliamentary Constituencies
Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Inner Manipur GEN
No of PCs going to poll 2 2 2 Outer Manipur ST
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024
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Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
1. For all polling stations of 1 - Inner Manipur PC.
2. For all polling stations of 2 - Outer Manipur (ST) PC falling in
assembly segments
33 - Heirok, 34 - Wangjing Tentha,
35 - Khangabok, 36 - Wabgai,
37 - Kakching, 38 - Hiyanglam,
39 - Sugnoo, 41 - Chandel (ST),
46 - Saikul (ST), 50 - Kangpokpi,
51 - Saitu (ST), 57 - Henglep (ST),
58 - Churachandpur (ST), 59 - Saikot (ST),
60 - Singhat (ST)
Date of Poll 26-04-2024
For all polling stations of 2 - Outer Manipur (ST) PC falling in
assembly segments
40 - Jiribam, 42 - Tengnoupal (ST),
43 - Phungyar (ST), 44 - Ukhrul (ST),
45 - Chingai (ST), 47 - Karong (ST),
48 - Mao (ST), 49 - Tadubi (ST),
52 - Tamei (ST), 53 - Tamenglong (ST),
54 - Nungba (ST), 55 - Tipaimukh (ST),
56 - Thanlon (ST)
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
MEGHALAYA
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Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Shillong ST
No of PCs going to poll 2 2 2 Tura ST
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
MIZORAM
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BANGLADESH
MANIPUR
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ECI PRESS NOTE - 16-03-2024
General Elections - 2024
Schedule No.4
Schedule No.5
Schedule No.6
Issue of Notification : 29-04-2024 Date of Poll : 25-05-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations : 06-05-2024 Counting of Votes : 04-06-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations : 07-05-2024 Date before which the election shall be completed : 06-06-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature : 09-05-2024
Schedule No.7
Issue of Notification : 07-05-2024 Date of Poll : 01-06-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations : 14-05-2024 Counting of Votes : 04-06-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations : 15-05-2024 Date before which the election shall be completed : 06-06-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature : 17-05-2024
KERALA
KERALA
Puducherry
Mahe
TAMIL NADU Karaikal 1
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Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Puducherry GEN
No of PCs going to poll 1
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
PUNJAB
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PAKISTAN
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Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 7 1 1 Gurdaspur GEN
No of PCs going to poll 13 2 2 Amritsar GEN
Issue of Notification: 07-05-2024 3 3 Khadoor Sahib GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 14-05-2024 4 4 Jalandhar SC
Scrutiny of Nominations: 15-05-2024 5 5 Hoshiarpur SC
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 17-05-2024 6 6 Anandpur Sahib GEN
Date of Poll 01-06-2024 7 7 Ludhiana GEN
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024 8 8 Fatehgarh Sahib SC
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024 9 9 Faridkot SC
Completed 10 10 Firozpur GEN
11 11 Bathinda GEN
12 12 Sangrur GEN
13 13 PaƟala GEN
RAJASTHAN PUNJAB UTTARAKHAND
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Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Ganganagar SC
No of PCs going to poll 12 2 2 Bikaner SC
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024 3 3 Churu GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024 4 4 Jhunjhunu GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024 5 5 Sikar GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024 6 6 Jaipur Rural GEN
Date of Poll 19-04-2024 7 7 Jaipur GEN
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
8 8 Alwar GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
9 9 Bharatpur SC
Completed 10 10 Karauli-Dholpur SC
11 11 Dausa ST
12 14 Nagaur GEN
NEPAL
BHUTAN
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Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Sikkim GEN
No of PCs going to poll 1
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
SIKKIM
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Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Tiruvallur SC
No of PCs going to poll 39 2 2 Chennai North GEN
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024 3 3 Chennai South GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024 4 4 Chennai Central GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024 5 5 Sriperumbudur GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024 6 6 Kancheepuram SC
Date of Poll 19-04-2024 7 7 Arakkonam GEN
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024 8 8 Vellore GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024 9 9 Krishnagiri GEN
Completed 10 10 Dharmapuri GEN
11 11 Tiruvannamalai GEN
12 12 Arani GEN
13 13 Viluppuram SC
14 14 Kallakurichi GEN
15 15 Salem GEN
16 16 Namakkal GEN
17 17 Erode GEN
18 18 Tiruppur GEN
19 19 Nilgiris SC
20 20 Coimbatore GEN
21 21 Pollachi GEN
22 22 Dindigul GEN
23 23 Karur GEN
24 24 Tiruchirappalli GEN
25 25 Perambalur GEN
26 26 Cuddalore GEN
27 27 Chidambaram SC
28 28 Mayiladuthurai GEN
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30 30 Thanjavur GEN
31 31 Sivaganga GEN
32 32 Madurai GEN
33 33 Theni GEN
34 34 Virudhunagar GEN
35 35 Ramanathapuram GEN
36 36 Thoothukkudi GEN
37 37 Tenkasi SC
38 38 Tirunelveli GEN
39 39 Kanniyakumari GEN
TELANGANA
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ASSAM
BANGLADESH
MIZORAM
BANGLADESH
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2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE
4TH PHASE
5TH PHASE
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Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Tripura West GEN
No of PCs going to poll 1
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 2A 2 2 Tripura East ST
No of PCs going to poll 1
Issue of Notification: 28-03-2024
Last Date for filing Nominations: 04-04-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 05-04-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 08-04-2024
Date of Poll 26-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
UTTARAKHAND
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PRADESH
CHINA
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6TH PHASE
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Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Tehri Garhwal GEN
No of PCs going to poll 5 2 2 Garhwal GEN
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024 3 3 Almora SC
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024 4 4 Nainital- GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024 Udhamsingh Nagar
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024 5 5 Hardwar GEN
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
PUNJAB UTTAR PRADESH
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43 33 55 62 67
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48 78
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2ND PHASE
3RD PHASE 52
4TH PHASE 79
5TH PHASE 46
6TH PHASE
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Schedule Reference
Sl. PC No. PC Name Type
Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Saharanpur GEN
No of PCs going to poll 8 2 2 Kairana GEN
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024 ϯ ϯ DƵnjĂīĂƌŶĂŐĂƌ 'E
Last Date for filinŐNominations: 27-03-2024 4 4 Bijnor GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024 ϱ ϱ EĂŐŝŶĂ ^
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024 6 6 Moradabad GEN
Date of Poll 19-04-2024 7 7 Rampur GEN
CountinŐof Votes: 04-06-2024 8 26 Pilibhit GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 2A 9 9 Amroha GEN
No of PCs going to poll 8 10 10 Meerut GEN
Issue of Notification: 28-03-2024 ϭϭ ϭϭ ĂŐŚƉĂƚ 'E
Last Date for filinŐNominations: 04-04-2024 12 12 Ghaziabad GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 05-04-2024 ϭϯ ϭϯ 'ĂƵƚĂŵƵĚĚŚĂEĂŐĂƌ 'E
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 08-04-2024 14 14 Bulandshahr SC
Date of Poll 26-04-2024 ϭϱ ϭϱ ůŝŐĂƌŚ 'E
CountinŐof Votes: 04-06-2024 16 17 Mathura GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
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Schedule no: 1A 1 1 Coochbehar SC
No of PCs going to poll 3 2 2 Alipurduars ST
Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024 3 3 Jalpaiguri SC
Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024
Date of Poll 19-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
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Schedule no: 2A 4 4 Darjeeling GEN
No of PCs going to poll 3 5 5 Raiganj GEN
Issue of Notification: 28-03-2024 6 6 Balurghat GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 04-04-2024
Scrutiny of Nominations: 05-04-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 08-04-2024
Date of Poll 26-04-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 3 ϳ ϳ DĂůĚĂŚĂhƩĂƌ 'E
No of PCs going to poll 4 8 8 Maldaha Dakshin GEN
Issue of Notification: 12-04-2024 9 9 Jangipur GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 19-04-2024 10 11 Murshidabad GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 20-04-2024
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 22-04-2024
Date of Poll 07-05-2024
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 4 11 10 Baharampur GEN
No of PCs going to poll 8 12 12 Krishnanagar GEN
Issue of Notification: 18-04-2024 13 13 Ranaghat SC
Last Date for filing Nominations: 25-04-2024 14 38 Bardhaman Purba SC
Scrutiny of Nominations: 26-04-2024 15 39 Bardhaman - Durgapur GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 29-04-2024 16 40 Asansol GEN
Date of Poll 13-05-2024 17 41 Bolpur SC
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024 18 42 Birbhum GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 5 19 14 Bangaon SC
No of PCs going to poll 7 20 15 Barrackpur GEN
Issue of Notification: 26-04-2024 21 25 Howrah GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 03-05-2024 22 26 Uluberia GEN
Scrutiny of Nominations: 04-05-2024 23 27 Sreerampur GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 06-05-2024 24 28 Hooghly GEN
Date of Poll 20-05-2024 25 29 Arambag SC
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 6 26 30 Tamluk GEN
No of PCs going to poll 8 27 31 Kanthi GEN
Issue of Notification: 29-04-2024 28 32 Ghatal GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 06-05-2024 29 33 Jhargram ST
Scrutiny of Nominations: 07-05-2024 30 34 Medinipur GEN
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 09-05-2024 31 35 Purulia GEN
Date of Poll 25-05-2024 32 36 Bankura GEN
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024 33 37 Bishnupur SC
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024
Completed
Schedule no: 7 34 16 Dum Dum GEN
No of PCs going to poll 9 35 17 Barasat GEN
Issue of Notification: 07-05-2024 36 18 Basirhat GEN
Last Date for filing Nominations: 14-05-2024 37 19 Jaynagar SC
Scrutiny of Nominations: 15-05-2024 38 20 Mathurapur SC
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 17-05-2024 39 21 Diamond Harbour GEN
Date of Poll 01-06-2024 40 22 Jadavpur GEN
Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024 41 23 Kolkata Dakshin GEN
Date before which the election shall be 06-06-2024 ϰϮ Ϯϰ <ŽůŬĂƚĂhƩĂƌ 'E
Completed