Press Note -
Schedule for Bye-Elections to fill the casual vacancies in the legislative assemblies of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Meghalaya
There are casual vacancies in the State
Legislative Assemblies of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka,
and Meghalaya which need to be filled up early. After taking into consideration
various factors like requirement of Forces, festivities, position of electoral
rolls, etc., the Election Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill
up the vacancies indicated below: -
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Sl.
No.
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Name of State
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Number and Name of Constituency
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1.
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Tamil Nadu
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197-Ilayangudi
103-Thondumuthur
134-Cumbum
78-Bargur
226-Srivaikuntam
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2.
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West Bengal
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145-Bow Bazar Kolkata
156-Sealdah
Kolkata
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3.
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Uttar Pradesh
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16-Moradabad West
391-Morna
291-Bidhuna
83-Malihabad (SC)
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4
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Karnataka
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185-Channapatha
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5
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Meghalaya
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17- Laitumkhrah
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The Programme to hold the said
bye-election shall be as under:
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Event
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Date
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1. Issue of Notification
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22.07.09 (Wed)
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2. Last date of making
Nominations
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29.07.09 (Wed)
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3. Scrutiny of Nominations
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30.07.09 (Thur.)
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4. Last date for withdrawal of Candidature
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01.08.09 (Sat.)
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5. Date of Poll
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18.08.09 (Tue.)
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6. Counting of Votes
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21.08.09 (Fri)
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7. Date before which election shall be completed
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23.08.09 (Sun)
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ELECTORAL ROLL
The electoral rolls w.r.t.
01.01.2009 as the qualifying date as per pre – delimitation order in Tamil Nadu (except 226 – Srivaikuntam AC), West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have been
revised and published. In respect of 226 – Srivaikuntam
AC of Tamil Nadu and 17- Laitumkhrah AC of Meghalaya
the aforesaid electoral rolls will be published on 20.07.2009 and 22.07.2009
respectively. As regards Karnataka the present Assembly has been constituted on
the basis of new delimitation order.
ELECTORNIC VOTING MACHINES (EVMs)
The Commission has decided to use
EVMs in these 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
poll is conducted smoothly with the help of these machines.
IDENTITIFICATION 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. 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 these
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
Assembly Constituency going for bye-election are included. The Model Code of Conduct shall be applicable
to all candidates, political parties and the State Government. The Model Code
of Conduct shall also be applicable to the Union Government as far as these
States are concerned.
Election Commission of India _________
New Delhi,
Asadha 25, 1931 / July 16, 2009
RM/AS
(Release ID :50503)