Schedule for bye-election to Allagadda Assembly Constituency in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Schedule for
bye-election to fill casual vacancy from 253-Allagadda Assembly
Constituency in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly – Regarding
It has
been a clear and consistent policy of the Commission to hold the bye-elections
at the earliest possible opportunity in order to ensure that no segment of the
Indian people are left unrepresented for unnecessary length of time.
A casual
vacancy from 253-Allagadda Assembly Constituency in Andhra Pradesh Legislative
Assembly arose on 16.05.2014 as Smt. Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy, a contesting
candidate died on 24.04.2014 and was declared elected by the Returning Officer
concerned on having secured the highest number of valid votes. As per the
provisions of Section 151A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (read
with the Section 150 of the Act), the Commission is required to fill the vacancy
within the period of six months from the date of its occurrence, viz
15.11.2014 in the present case.
However, bye-election
to fill the casual vacancy from 253-Allagadda Assembly Constituency could not
be conducted earlier as two petitions namely, (i) W.P. No.14303/2014 and (ii)
W.P. No.14305/2014 were filed before the Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh
in relation to the election from the said constituency. Now, the Hon’ble High
Court of Andhra Pradesh vide its interim order dated 25.09.2014 in the W.P.
No.24287 of 2014 has directed that the Election Commission of India may hold
election from the said assembly constituency in accordance with law, subject to
its further orders in this matter.
In view of
the above and after taking into consideration various factors like, festivals,
electoral rolls, etc., the Commission has decided to hold bye-election to fill
the vacancy as per the programme mentioned below:-
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Event
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Date
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1
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Issue of Notification
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14.10.2014
(Tuesday)
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2
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Last date of making
Nominations
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21.10.2014
(Tuesday)
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3
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Scrutiny of Nominations
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22.10.2014(Wednesday)
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4
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Last date for withdrawal
of Candidatures
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24.10.2014
(Friday)
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5
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Date of Poll
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08.11.2014
(Saturday)
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6
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Counting of Votes
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12.11.2014
(Wednesday)
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7
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Date before which election shall be completed
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14.11.2014
(Friday)
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ELECTORAL ROLL
The electoral rolls of the Assembly Constituency have been revised with reference to
01.01.2014 as the qualifying date and have been finally published
on 31-01-2014.
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (EVMs)
The Commission has decided to use EVMs in the bye-election in all the
polling stations. 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
The Commission
has decided
that the voter’s identification shall be mandatory in the aforementioned bye- election at the time of poll. Photo Electoral Roll
(PER) shall be the main document of identification of a voter. However, in order to
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-election.
MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT
The Model
Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in the district(s)
in which the whole or any part of the Assembly Constituency going for
bye-election 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
Government concerned. The Model Code of Conduct shall also be applicable to the
Union Government for the State concerned.
Election Commission of India
New Delhi : 07 October,2014
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Election Commission
Government of India
Election Commission
08-October-2014 12:08 IST
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