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Five phase polling in Jharkhand from Nov 27 to Dec 18 | The Election Commission of India (ECI)
on Friday announced five-phase election schedule for the Jharkhand Assembly. The
poling will be held between November 27 to December 18. At present the tribal
dominated state is under president rule, after its assembly was suspended following
the defeat of Chief Minister Sibu Soren in a bye-election. Announcing the schedule
here Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla said: “The Commission has prepared
the schedule for holding general elections to the Jharkhand Assembly after taking
into consideration all relevant aspects, like climatic conditions, academic schedules,
festivals, prevailing law and order situation in the State. “The Home Ministry
has intimated that the President’s Rule in the State cannot be extended further
and requested to take appropriate action for conducting early elections in the
State,” he added. With the announcement of elections the model code of conduct
will come into force in the state with immediate effect. Jharkhand Assembly has
81 seats with nine reserved for SCs and 28 seats are reserved for STs. The notification
for the election will be issued on November 3, 7, 13, 17, and 24 for the first,
second, third, fourth and fifth phase respectively. The nominations can be filed
till November 10, 14, 20, 24 and December 1 for the first, second, third, fourth
and Fifth phase respectively. The scrutiny of nomination will be held on November
11, 16, 21, 25 and December 2 and the nominations can be withdrawn on November
13, 18, 23, 27 and December 4. The polling will be held on November 27, December
2, 8, 12, 18, in the first, second, third, fourth and Fifth phase respectively.
In the first phase 30 constituencies will vote, in the second phase 15 constituencies
will go to poll, in third phase seven seats will vote, and 14 and 15 constituencies
will vote in the fourth and the fifth phase. Counting will be held on December
23. As Jharkhand is one of the Naxal Affected states the election Commission has
decidecd to deploy Central Police Forces (CPF) and State Armed Police (SAP) drawn
from other States. Chawla said: “The CPF and SAP will be used for safeguarding
polling stations and for providing security to electors and polling personnel.
Besides, these forces will be used for securing the strong rooms where the EVMs
are stored and for securing the counting centers.” |
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