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Assembly elections to be held before March: EC
The Election Commission said Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Punjab would be held simultaneously before March next year.
The Election Commission said Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Punjab would be held simultaneously before March next year.
The elections in the three states of Punjab, UP and Uttaranchal would be held as per schedule before March, chief election commissioner J M Lyndoh told reporters after completing public hearing at six places in the new state regarding delimiting assembly seats from 22 to 70.
However, he did not give the exact details of the polls.
The commission is aware that the tenure of the UP assembly will expire on March 27 next year. The commission has made it clear that it would like to conduct elections for the UP and Uttaranchal simultaneously before the expiry of the tenure of the UP legislative assembly, Lyndoh said. He also said Electronic Voting Machines (evms) would be used in all the three Assembly elections.
On the delimitation process in Uttaranchal, he said after completion of public hearing for submission of objections and suggestions on proposals for relevant Assembly constituencies of each district, the process is likely to be completed by early next month.
He admitted there were objections over the delimitation process and said the EC would look into it. On the controversy over reserving five predominantly Muslim stronghold seats in Hardwar, he said the EC has noted down all objections in this regard and accordingly look into them keeping in view of Reorganisation Act, 2000.
However, he said the constituencies in which seats are reserved for SCs and STs, shall, as far as practicable, be located in areas where the proportion of their population to the total population is the largest.
Bureau Report
However, he did not give the exact details of the polls.
The commission is aware that the tenure of the UP assembly will expire on March 27 next year. The commission has made it clear that it would like to conduct elections for the UP and Uttaranchal simultaneously before the expiry of the tenure of the UP legislative assembly, Lyndoh said. He also said Electronic Voting Machines (evms) would be used in all the three Assembly elections.
On the delimitation process in Uttaranchal, he said after completion of public hearing for submission of objections and suggestions on proposals for relevant Assembly constituencies of each district, the process is likely to be completed by early next month.
He admitted there were objections over the delimitation process and said the EC would look into it. On the controversy over reserving five predominantly Muslim stronghold seats in Hardwar, he said the EC has noted down all objections in this regard and accordingly look into them keeping in view of Reorganisation Act, 2000.
However, he said the constituencies in which seats are reserved for SCs and STs, shall, as far as practicable, be located in areas where the proportion of their population to the total population is the largest.
Bureau Report