Election Commission

Schedule for bye-elections to fill casual vacancies in the State Legislative Assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland – reg.

Posted On: 29 JUN 2017 2:26PM by PIB Delhi

There are following clear vacancies in State Legislative Assemblies of various States/UT, which need to be filled up:

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State

Name & No. of  Assembly Constituency

1

Arunachal Pradesh

12 – Pakke  Kessang (ST) AC

2

Nagaland

10-Northern Angami-I (ST) AC

 

After taking into consideration various factors like local festivals, electoral rolls, weather conditions etc., the Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill these vacancies as per the programme mentioned as under: -

 

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Event

 

Date

1

Issue of Notification

05.07.2017 (WED)

2

Last date of making      Nominations

12.07.2017 (WED)

3

Scrutiny of Nominations

13.07.2017 (THU)

4

Last date for withdrawal of candidatures

15.07.2017 (SAT)

5

Date of Poll

29.07.2017 (SAT)

6

Counting of Votes

03.08.2017 (THU)

7

Date before which election shall be completed

05.08.2017 (SAT)

8

Hours of Poll

07.00 AM to 4.00 PM

 

ELECTORAL ROLL

            The Electoral Roll for Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland with reference to  01.01.2017 has been finally published on 11.01.2017 and 10.01.2017 respectively. The bye-election in the States will be held with the existing rolls.

ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (EVMs)

                        The Commission has decided to use EVMs in the bye-elections in all the pollingstations. Adequate numbers of EVMs have been made available and all steps have been taken to ensure that the polls are conducted smoothly with the help of these machines.

IDENTIFICATION OF VOTERS

                        In consonance with the past practice, the Commission has decided that the voter’sidentification shall be mandatory in the aforementioned bye- elections at the time of poll. Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) shall be the main document of identification of a voter. However, in orderto ensure that no voter is deprived of his/her franchise, if his/her name figures in the Electoral Rolls,separate instructions will be issued to allow additional documents for identification of voters at the time of poll in the said bye-elections.

 

MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT

                        The Model Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in thedistrict(s) in which the whole or any part of the Parliamentary Constituency/Assembly Constituenciesgoing for bye-elections is included, subject to partial modification as issued vide Commission’s instruction No. 437/INST/2012/CC&BE, dated 26th April, 2012 (available on the Commission’s website). The Model Code of Conduct shall be applicable to all candidates, political parties and the State Governments concerned. The Model Code of Conduct shall also be applicable to the Union Government for the States concerned.

 

 

Election Commission of India

New Delhi: 29th June, 2017

 

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