ECI Begins Consultation with Partners and Stakeholders to Frame Action Plan for Sveep Phase III Ele
ECI Begins Consultation with Partners and Stakeholders to Frame Action
Plan for Sveep Phase III
Election Commission of India (ECI) will
undertake consultations with stakeholders including Civil Society
Organsiations, Academicians, Experts and Volunteers besides Government
Departments from 12 to 15th May, 2015 to finalize the action plan for
SVEEP-III. The aim is to consult as widely as possible both with partners and
with stakeholders across the country within this month.
The consultation will focus on identifying gaps in registration and voting, chalking out targeted interventions to meet the identified gaps through the three pronged strategy of information, Motivation and Facilitation, besides promoting ethical and informed voting. Drawing on the learnings from the historic General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2014, a more robust and in-depth action plan is being chalked out for SVEEP-III.
As a part of Consultative process, the ECI held a consultative meeting with the election officials from the states and partner Agencies NLMA, NCC, NSS, Prasar Bharati and UNDP on 27-28th April 2015 at New Delhi on universal enrolment and qualitative and enhanced electoral participation, under its Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation programme SVEEP.
ECI launched SVEEP for enhancing electoral participation among eligible citizens by meeting information and facilitation gaps. The Phase I of SVEEP spread broadly from end 2009 to March 2013, and covered 17 General Elections to State Assemblies and three revisions of the Electoral Roll. Carrying forward and strengthening the initiatives of SVEEP I, SVEEP-II involved a planned strategy for a targeted approach towards meeting the various gaps. The Lok Sabha Elections 2014 have been a major landmark in the history and learning of SVEEP as it also happened to be the focus of SVEEP II. Besides the Lok Sabha elections, it covered fourteen General Elections to State Assemblies.
ECI attributes the arrest since 2010 in the steady decline in voter turnout to its SVEEP programme. Since the launch of the programme the voter turnout has consistently increased in all elections to the state assemblies. Women turnout, which has been a primary focus for the SVEEP interventions, has seen a remarkable increase in most of the states with six states recording higher women turnout percentage over men for the first time in history. There was historic turnout recorded in 19 States. The highest ever turnout in Lok Sabha 2014 at 66.44%, was an increase of over 8% over last Lok Sabha election. LS 2014 also witnessed the lowest ever gap between the men and women turnout at 1.55 against 4.56 in 2009.
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Election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council by the
Members of the Legislative Assembly to fill regular vacancies of three Members
and a bye-election to fill the casual vacancy in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative
Council, by the members of the Legislative Assembly.
Three additional seats of
members in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council to be filled by election by
the Members of Legislative Assembly of the state have been provided under the
provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization (Amendment) Act, 2015, dated
30.03.2015, read with Notification issued by Ministry of Home Affairs, dated
29.04.2015. Hence, Election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council by the
Members of Legislative Assembly is required to be held to fill up the said
three regular vacancies under Section 16 read with Section 15A of the
Representation of People Act, 1951 and Article 324 of the Constitution of
India.
2.
Accordingly, the Commission has decided to hold an election to the Andhra
Pradesh Legislative Council by the Members of the state Legislative Assembly to
fill up the above mentioned three vacancies in accordance with the following
schedule:-
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Subject of
Programme
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Dates
and Days
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1.
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Issue of Notification
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14th May, 2015 (Thursday)
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2.
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Last Date of making nominations
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21st May, 2015
(Thursday)
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3.
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Scrutiny of nominations
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22nd May, 2015
(Friday)
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4.
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Last date for withdrawal of
candidatures
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25th May, 2015
(Monday)
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5.
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Date of Poll
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1st June, 2015 (Monday)
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6.
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Hours of Poll
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9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M.
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7.
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Counting of Votes
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1st June, 2015 (Monday)
at 5.00 P.M.
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8.
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Date before which election shall be
completed
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3rd June, 2015 (Wednesday)
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3.
Apart from the above, there is a casual vacancy, occurred in the State
Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh elected by the members of Legislative
Assembly due to death of Sri
Paladugu Venkata Rao on 19th January, 2015, whose term of office is
up-to and including 29th March,
2017.
4.
The Commission has also decided to hold a bye-election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative
Council by MLAs to fill up the above mentioned casual vacancy also according to
the above mentioned schedule.
Election Commission of India
New Delhi : 07th May ,2015
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Biennial Election to elect 6 Members to the Telangana
Legislative Council by the members of the Legislative Assembly.
The term of office of 7 members of the Telangana Legislative Council, elected
by the members of the Legislative Assembly has expired on their retirement on
29th March, 2015. Details of the vacancies are given
as under:-
State
– Telangana
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Sl. No.
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Name of the Member
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Date of
Retirement
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1.
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K. R. Amos
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29.03.2015
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2.
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Nagapuri
Rajalingam
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29.03.2015
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3.
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Peer Shabbir
Ahmed
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29.03.2015
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4.
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Balasani
Laxminarayana
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29.03.2015
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5.
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Bodakunti
Venkateswarlu
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29.03.2015
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6.
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K. Yadave Reddy
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29.03.2015
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7.
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Srinivas D.
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29.03.2015
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As per sub-section (1)
Section 23 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, the number of seats
in the Telangana Legislative Council to be filled through election by the
Members of the Legislative Assembly has been being fixed as 14, but under Fourth
Schedule of the said Act, the number of Members in the Telangana Legislative
Council elected by the Members of Legislative Assembly have been allocated is
15, i.e. one extra. In terms of Section 108 of the said Act, this inconsistency
was referred to the Central Government (Ministry of Home Affairs) for removing
the said inconsistency. The Ministry of Home Affairs has advised that on the
retirement of above mentioned seven members, one seat vacated by Sh. K. R. Amos
shall cease to exist and shall not be filled up in accordance with sub-clause
(B) of clause (I) of sub-section (2) of Section 23 of Andhra Pradesh
Reorganization Act, 2014 and rest of six seats shall be filled by election by
Members of Legislative Assembly. That is to say, election may be held to fill
six (6) vacancies instead of the aforesaid seven (7) vacancies.
2.
Accordingly, the Commission has decided to hold Biennial Election to the
Telangana Legislative Council by the Members of Legislative Assembly to fill up
the above mentioned 6 vacancies so arisen, in accordance with the following
programme:-
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Sl.No.
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Subject of
Programme
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Dates
and Days
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1.
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Issue of Notification
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14th May, 2015 (Thursday)
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2.
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Last Date of making nominations
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21st May, 2015
(Thursday)
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3.
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Scrutiny of nominations
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22nd May, 2015
(Friday)
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4.
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Last date for withdrawal of
candidatures
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25th May, 2015
(Monday)
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5.
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Date of Poll
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1st June, 2015 (Monday)
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6.
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Hours of Poll
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9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M.
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7.
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Counting of Votes
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1st June, 2015 (Monday)
at 5.00 P.M.
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8.
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Date before which election shall be
completed
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3rd June, 2015 (Wednesday)
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Election Commission of India
New Delhi : 07th May ,2015
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