There is a clear vacancy in the State Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh which need to be filled up:
Sl. No. | State | Number & Name of Assembly Constituency |
1 | Madhya Pradesh | 61 - Chitrakoot |
After taking into consideration various factors like local festivals, electoral rolls, weather conditions etc., the Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill this vacancy as per the programme mentioned as under: -
Poll Events | Schedule |
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification | 16.10.2017 (MON) |
Last Date of Nominations | 23.10.2017 (MON) |
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations | 24.10.2017 (TUE) |
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures | 26.10.2017 (THU) |
Date of Poll | 09.11.2017 (THU) |
Date of Counting | 12.11.2017 (SUN) |
Date before which election shall be completed | 14.11.2017 (TUE) |
ELECTORAL ROLL
The Electoral Rolls of the Assembly Constituency 01-Chitrakoot with reference to 01.01.2017 will be used for bye-election.
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (EVMs) and VVPATs
The Commission has decided to use EVMs and VVPATs in the bye-elections in all the polling stations. Adequate numbers of EVMs and VVPATs 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’sidentification shall be mandatory in the aforementioned bye- elections at the time of poll. Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) shall be the main document ofidentification of a voter. However, in order to ensure that no voter is deprived ofhis/her franchise, if his/her name figures in the Electoral Rolls, separate instructionswill be issued to allow additional documents for identification of voters at the timeof poll in the said bye-elections.
MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT
The Model Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in thedistrict(s) in which the whole or any part of the Assembly Constituency going forbye-election is included, subject to partial modification as issued vide Commission’s instruction No. 437/6/INST2016-CCS, dated 29th June, 2017 (available on the Commission’s website). The Model Code of Conduct shall be applicable to all candidates, political parties and the State Government concerned. The Model Code of Conduct shall also be applicable to the Union Government for the State concerned.
No comments:
Post a Comment