08
Mar
ECI Announces Poll Dates for Five States
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced poll dates for the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry. After the commission held Bihar elections amid Covid-19 pandemic in October-November, these five elections are now a big test for the commission.
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The ECI in a press conference has declared the dates of the upcoming elections.
Addressing the gathering, the Chief Election Commisioner Sunil Arora said: "We are meeting again today after the Bihar press conference. Today, it is for sharing the details of state assembly elections of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry," CEC Sunil Arora said beginning his address. "In the thick of this pandemic, ECI started the test with the election of 18 Rajya Sabha seats on June 19, 2020..."
Assembly elections will be held for 126 constituencies in Assam, 140 in Kerala, 234 in Tamil Nadu, 294 in West Bengal and 30 in Puducherry.
The official notice has declared optimum use of forces in the event:
Some of the pointers from the Press Conference are as follows:
⦁ Praising the Bihar Elections, the commission said that the Bihar electorate imposed "faith on us". CEO of Bihar and DEC put in day in and out work. 57.34% polls in Bihar exceeded previous polls. Women voters 59.79% turned up in large numbers.
⦁ 824 seats to go for polls. 18.68 crore voters, 2.7 lakh polling stations in these states.
⦁ Vaccine programme may boost the poll process. Poll officials are front line workers and they will be vaccinated. Separate SOP for COVID suspects are already in place.
⦁ Door to door campaign restricted to 5 people.
⦁ All critical polling booths have been identified and adequate forces will be deployed. Forces are already been sent.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Trinamool Congress (TMC) are among the major political parties which will contest these elections in these four states and the Union territory of Puducherry.
Election Dates:
⦁ West Bengal: March 27
⦁ Puducherry: April 6
⦁ Tamil Nadu: April 6
⦁ Kerala: April 6
⦁ Assam: March 27
As per the commission, Volunteers would be present to to assist those with Covid symptoms, Persons with Disabilities as well as the elderly.
"Drinking water, toilets, power supply, waiting areas will be made available in all polling stations. Additionally, soap, water, sanitizer etc will also be available. PWD voters, senior citizens and those who have Covid symptoms will be assisted by volunteers at the polling station," stated Sunil Arora.
The results that would be unfolding would be exciting to witness as many of these states have had sharp criticism of the government during the COVID-19 pandemic and the induced lockdown. The hardships faced by the people would be a defining factor in the selections they would be making while voting.
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