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Election to Assam Legislative Assembly to be held on 27 Mar, 1 & 6 April, counting on 2 May
Election of all 15 assembly constituencies of Barak Valley on 1 April
Feb. 26: The schedule for the forthcoming Assam Assembly Elections, 2021 was declared by Sunil Arora, 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) in an important press conference on Friday evening. Election Commission of India (ECI) announced dates for elections to the legislative assemblies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry today during the press meet. Assam will go for the assembly polls in three phases on:
- 1st phase : 27 March, 2021(47 constituencies). The issue of nomination shall be till 2 March, last date of nomination 9 March, scrutiny of nomination 10 March & last date of withdrawal of nomination 12 March.
- 2nd phase :1 April, 2021 (39 constituencies). The issue of nomination shall be till 5 March, last date of nomination 12 March, scrutiny of nomination 15 March & last date of withdrawal of nomination 17 March.
- 3rd phase : 6 April, 2021 (40 constituencies). The issue of nomination shall be till 12 March, last date of nomination 19 March, scrutiny of nomination 20 March, last date of withdrawal of nomination 22 March.
- The counting of the votes will take place on 2 May, 2021.
All the 15 assembly constituencies in the three districts of Barak Valley will go for the polls in the 2nd phase on 1 April, 2021.
The term of the 126-member (with 8 in SC category and 16 in ST category) Assam Legislative Assembly will expire on 31 May, 2020. Due to COVID-19, every polling station this time will have a maximum of 1000 voters. So naturally, the number of polling stations have been increased. Further, all officials and staff connected with the election will be vaccinated. The elections will be held as per the Covid protocol. The voting will take place from 7 am to 6 pm.
With the Election Commission of India announcing the poll dates for upcoming Assam Elections 2021, the model code of conduct has come into force with immediate effect.
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