Bypoll Dates For Meghalaya, Punjab, Odisha, UP Announced By EC

Guwahati: The dates for the by-elections in Meghalaya, Punjab, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies has been announced by the Election Commission on Wednesday.

The bypolls will for Jalandhar parliamentary constituency in Punjab and Assembly constituencies of Jharsuguda in Odisha; Chhanbey and Suar in Uttar Pradesh; and Sohiong in Meghalaya will be held on May 10, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said in a press conference today.

He further added that the results would be announced on May 13.

Notably, the byelection voting and tallying dates fall on the same dates as the Assembly elections in Karnataka.

The Karnataka Assembly Elections will be held on May 10, according to a decision made by the EC earlier today.

5.21 crore voters would cast ballots, according to information provided by the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.

Kumar informed that almost 58,000 polling places would be established statewide.

“There are 224 Assembly constituencies of which 36 are reserved for the SCs and 15 for the STs. The total electorates in the state are 5,21,73,579 crores of which males are 2.62 crores and females are 2.59 crores. The total number of 80 plus electors is 12.15 lakhs. It is an increase of 32 percent from 2018. It also includes 16,976 proud electors who are 100 plus. The number of persons with disabilities (PWDs) has increased to 5.55 lakhs. This is an increase of close to 150 percent,” the CEC said.

“There are 58,282 polling stations in Karnataka of which 20,866 are urban. The average number of electors per polling station comes to 883. On all the sensitive booths which have been identified, we take four to five measures. Either there would CAPF, or web-casting or a micro-observer. With the combination of all of these, we tend to put more vigour and vigil on the sensitive booths,” Kumar informed.

Kumar continued by saying that 240 model polling places would be converted into environmentally friendly and sustainable booths, and an additional 100 booths would be run only by people with disabilities.

There will be elections for 224 seats in Karnataka.

The Election Commission announced earlier this month that it has made voting-from-home (VFH) available to those over 80 and those with impairments for the state’s upcoming assembly elections.

It should be noted that the assembly elections for the three Northeastern states of Tripura, Nagaland, and Meghalaya were recently completed.

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