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:


Sl. No.
State
Name of Parliamentary/
Assembly Constituency No. & Name
1
Meghalaya
2 - Tura (ST) PC
2
Arunachal Pradesh
58 - Kanubari (ST)
3
Jammu & Kashmir
40 - Anantnag
4
Jharkhand
17 - Godda 
5
Jharkhand
75 - Panki
6
Gujarat
91 - Talala
7
Uttar Pradesh
376 - Jangipur
8
Uttar Pradesh
30 - Bilari
9
Madhya Pradesh
132 – Ghoradongari (ST)
10
Telengana
113 - Palair

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.
Item
Number of Assembly
Constituencies going on poll=62
1.
Total Electors

Male –                    71,33,978
Female-                   65,79,218
Third Gender-                   159
Service Elector -          28,645
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 Total  -                  1,37,42,000

2
Total number of Candidates
418

3
Total Number of Female candidates
34

4
No. and Name of the Assembly Constituency with maximum No. of  Candidates
75- Domkal, 76- Jalangi (Murshidabad)      (12 Candidates)

5
No. & Name of the Assembly Constituency with  minimum number of Candidates 
260- Bardhaman Dakshin, 274- Galsi (SC) (Burdwan)   (3  Candidates)
6
Assembly Constituency where more than one women candidate
64- Murshidabad (2), 72- Baharampur (2), 166- Shyampukur (4), 168- Kashipur- Belgachina (3), 265- Memari (2)
7
Number and Name of Assembly Constituencies where there is straight contest
Nil





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Party-wise list of candidates:

BJP
62
BSP
36
CPI
0
CPI(M)
38
INC
26
NCP
0
AIFB
3
AITC
62
RSP
5
Others
116
Independents

70
Total

418




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Largest Assembly constituency
Electorate wise

90- Ranaghat Dakshin (SC)
(Elector- 2,56,860)
10
Largest Assembly Constituency Area Wise
273- Ausgram (SC) (610 Sq. Km)

11
Smallest Assembly constituency Electorate wise
166- Shyampukar (Elector- 1,71,008)
12
No. of  Polling Stations
16451 (Gen) + 10 (Aux)= 16461 (Total)
13
Number of EVMs to be used in the elections
EVM-18930, VVPAT-1214 (including reserve)

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