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Assembly election date announced: The Election Commission has announced the dates for the Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana assembly elections today (August 16). Assembly elections are going to be held in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years. The last elections in the state were held in 2014. Assembly elections are going to be held for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir after the removal of Article 370.
Elections will be held on this date
The Election Commission of India has announced the dates of assembly elections in both the states by holding a press conference at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi. In which voting will be held in Jammu and Kashmir in 3 phases on 18 September, 25 September and 1 October. Also, the result will be declared on 4 October. Apart from this, voting will be held in a single phase in Haryana on 1 October. And its result will also be declared on 4 October.
This is why elections were not announced in Maharashtra: CEC
The Election Commission has reacted to the non-announcement of elections in Maharashtra. The Chief Election Commissioner said in a press conference that since elections have been announced in Jammu and Kashmir, no decision has been taken yet on holding elections in Maharashtra. Apart from this, many festivals also come during this period. Pitru Paksha, Navratri, Dussehra and Diwali are coming, in such a situation the date of Maharashtra Assembly elections has not been announced yet.
Voting will be held in a single phase in Haryana
Voting will be held in 3 phases in Jammu and Kashmir
This is the arrangement of polling stations in Haryana
There are 2 crore voters in Haryana.
What is the situation of voters in all 90 assembly seats of Haryana?
People of Jammu and Kashmir want change: Chief Election Commissioner
Chief Election Commissioner of the Election Commission Rajiv Kumar said today that the people of Jammu and Kashmir want change. Everyone is eager for the elections. Our team also visited Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana. We were waiting for the weather to improve. We were waiting for the Amarnath Yatra to be completed. There are currently 87.09 lakh voters in Jammu and Kashmir. There are more than 20 lakh youth here. The final voter list will be announced on August 20.
Provision of total 11800 polling stations in urban and rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir
This is the math of voters in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir was converted into a Union Territory
After the removal of Article 370 in 2019, Jammu and Kashmir was converted into a Union Territory. Since then, the political parties there have been demanding the return of full statehood. The government was repeatedly saying that first elections will be held and then statehood will be given. According to Election Commission sources, voting can be held in three to four phases in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The voting process will be completed in September and the results can be declared by the end of this month.