Schedule for bye-elections to fill casual vacancies in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies
Schedule
for bye-elections to fill casual vacancies in the Lok Sabha and State
Legislative Assemblies of Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Gujarat,
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana - Regarding.
There are following clear vacancies in Lok Sabha and State Legislative
Assemblies of various States, which need to be filled up:
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Sl. No.
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State
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Name of Parliamentary/
Assembly Constituency No. & Name
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1
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Meghalaya
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2 - Tura (ST) PC
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2
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Arunachal Pradesh
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58 - Kanubari (ST)
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3
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Jammu & Kashmir
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40 - Anantnag
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4
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Jharkhand
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17 - Godda
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5
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Jharkhand
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75 - Panki
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6
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Gujarat
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91 - Talala
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7
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Uttar Pradesh
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376 - Jangipur
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8
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Uttar Pradesh
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30 - Bilari
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9
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Madhya Pradesh
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132 – Ghoradongari (ST)
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10
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Telengana
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113 - Palair
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After taking into consideration
various factors like, festivals,
electoral rolls, etc., the Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill
these vacancies as per the programme mentioned as under: -
Poll Events |
Schedule |
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification |
22.04.2016 (Friday) |
Last Date of Nomination |
29.04.2016 (Friday) |
Date for Scrutiny of Nomination |
30.04.2016 (Saturday) |
Last Date of Withdrawal of candidatures |
02.05.2016 (Monday) |
Date of Poll |
16.05.2016 (Monday) |
Date of Counting |
19.05.2016 (Thursday) |
Date before which election shall be completed |
21.05.2016 (Saturday) |
ELECTORAL ROLL
The
Electoral Roll for all the States with reference to 01.01.2016 has been finally
published on 11.01.2016 except Telengana. The Electoral Roll in respect of
Telengana with reference to 01.01.2016 will be finally published on 31.05.2016.
The bye-election in the State of Telengana 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 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
In consonance with the past practice, the Commission has decided that the voter’s identification 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 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-elections.
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 Parliamentary
Constituency/Assembly Constituencies going 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 : 19th April ,2016
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Facts at a Glance- West Bengal Phase 3
West Bengal Assembly Elections -2016
(Phase 3 - Date of Poll 21.04.2016 )
New Delhi: 19th April , 2016
S. No.
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Item
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Number of Assembly
Constituencies going on poll=62
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1.
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Total
Electors
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Male
– 71,33,978
Female-
65,79,218
Third
Gender- 159
Service
Elector - 28,645
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Total
- 1,37,42,000
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2
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Total
number of Candidates
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418
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3
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Total
Number of Female candidates
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34
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4
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No.
and Name of the Assembly Constituency with maximum No. of Candidates
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75- Domkal, 76- Jalangi
(Murshidabad) (12 Candidates)
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5
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No.
& Name of the Assembly Constituency with minimum number of Candidates
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260-
Bardhaman Dakshin, 274- Galsi (SC) (Burdwan) (3 Candidates)
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6
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Assembly
Constituency where more than one women candidate
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64-
Murshidabad (2), 72- Baharampur (2), 166- Shyampukur (4), 168- Kashipur-
Belgachina (3), 265- Memari (2)
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7
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Number
and Name of Assembly Constituencies where there is straight contest
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Nil
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8
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Party-wise list of candidates:
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BJP
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62
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BSP
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36
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CPI
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0
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CPI(M)
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38
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INC
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26
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NCP
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0
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AIFB
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3
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AITC
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62
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RSP
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5
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Others
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116
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Independents
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70
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Total
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418
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9
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Largest
Assembly constituency
Electorate
wise
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90- Ranaghat Dakshin (SC)
(Elector- 2,56,860)
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10
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Largest
Assembly Constituency Area Wise
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273- Ausgram (SC) (610 Sq. Km)
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11
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Smallest
Assembly constituency Electorate wise
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166- Shyampukar (Elector- 1,71,008)
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12
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No.
of Polling Stations
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16451 (Gen) + 10 (Aux)= 16461 (Total)
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13
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Number
of EVMs to be used in the elections
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EVM-18930,
VVPAT-1214 (including reserve)
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