17th Lok Sabha Election dates announced |
The Festival of Democracy finally gets underway with the announcement of the schedule for the General elections in the Country. India is one of the largest democracies of the World, having 900 million voters, the elections will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19. The counting of the votes will be held on 23rd of May. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced the poll schedule in New Delhi on Sunday evening, paving way for immediate imposition of model code of conduct. The Assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh will also be held simultaneously. However, simultaneous assembly elections will not be held in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Election Commission has decided to appoint three special observers for the state for effective monitoring. According to the election commission, the decision has been taken based on the input, constraint of availability of central forces and other logistics, requirement of forces for the security of candidates in wake of recent violence and other challenges in the state. The Model Code of Conduct has come into force in the entire country with the announcement of the poll schedule.
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