GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2019
SCHEDULE OF ELECTIONS
General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road,
No.ECI/PN/23/2019
Dated: 10th March, 2019
PRESS NOTE
SUBJECT:
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF SCHEDULE FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS TO LOK SABHA AND LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, ODISHA &
SIKKIM,2019.
The five-year term of the 16th Lok
Sabha is due to expire on 03rdJune, 2019. Credible elections,
conducted at regular prescribed intervals, are the very soul of any
democratic system. Article 324 of the Constitution of India bestows
the relevant powers, duties and functions upon the Election
Commission of India while Section 14 of the Representation of the People
Act, 1951 provides for the conduct of the elections to constitute a new
Lok Sabha before the expiry of its current term. Taking into account
these Constitutional and legal provisions, the Election Commission of
India has made comprehensive preparations for the conduct of elections
to the 17th Lok Sabha in a free, fair and peaceful manner.
2.
Elections to the world’s largest democracy pose immense challenges
with respect to logistics and man/woman and material management and
Commission's endeavour in this direction has been to consult all the
stakeholders,invite inputs from all the relevant
departments/organization sand evolve a coordinated framework for smooth
delivery of another round of General Elections.
3. In
the course of assessing various dimensions involved in holding elections
to the 543 Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) and, in 3
particular,the parameters to be considered for their scheduling and
phasing, the Election Commission of India has planned meticulously for
each and every aspect of election much in advance to ensure that these
elections are conducted in best professional manner.
4.
The Commission organized a series of meetings wit hthe Chief Electoral
Officers (CEOs) of all the 36 States and Union Territories (UTs) to
review all the aspects of election preparedness in all the States and
UTs and accordingly, appropriate instructions were issued to the CEOs
for ensuring efficient conduct of the elections.
5. The
Commission also held meeting with the Chief Secretaries, Directors
General of Police, Home Secretaries, Chief Electoral Officers and
Police Nodal Officers of all States and UTs on 21st, 22nd & 28th
January, 2019, to assess the overall law and order situation, as
certain State/ UT specific areas of concern,t o deliberate on the
quantum of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) required in each State/
UT and to review the overall preparedness of the election machinery. The
cooperation of all authorities was sought for conducting free, fair
and peaceful elections across the country, under the overall
superintendence, direction and control of the Commission.
6.
The Commission has visited different States to review the
poll preparedness. During these visits,the Commission interacted
with political parties, enforcement agencies, all District
officers, SSPs/SPs, Divisional Commissioners, Range IGs and Chief
Secretaries, Home Secretaries, DGPs and other Senior officers of the
States.
7. The conduct of General Elections in
the entire country requires considerable deployment of Central and
State Police Forces to ensure peaceful, free,fair election with fearless
participation of electors, especially in the vulnerable areas/pockets.
Mobilization, deployment and disengagement of these forces with minimum
criss cross movement and optimal utilization, involved complex planning
and detailed analysis, carried out over several rounds of consultations
with the senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs/CAPFs/Police
Nodal Officers of the States/UTs. The Commission also held discussions
with the Union Home Secretary to highlight the areas of coordination
for effective deployment of these forces.
8. The
Commission also held meeting with Railway and many others in regard to
the specific requirements of special trains, including other
logistics, for smooth and timely movement of CAPF Companies and other
police forces across States/UTs, including their intra-State shifting
during the election period.
9. Keeping in view the
interests of the students and also the fact that Polling Stations are
mostly located in school buildings and teachers are engaged as polling
personnel, the Commission has consciously factored-in the examination
schedules of various State Boards, including the Central Board of
Secondary Education, in the process of finalizingthe poll dates. In
addition to this, other relevant factors like various holidays and
festivals falling in the months of March, April and May, harvest season
in certain parts of the country and the inputs obtained from the Indian
Meteorological Department on the pre-monsoon rainfall, on set and
spread of monsoon and acute hot weather conditions in certain parts of
the country have also been taken in to consideration.Thus, while
deciding on the number of poll days for each State/UT and the
composition of the PCs that go to polls on a particular pollday, the
Commission has, to the extent possible, taken all relevant aspects and
information, related there to, in to view
10.
DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES :
The General Election to the House of People, 2019 to constitute
the17th Lok Sabha shall be held on the basis of the extent of
Parliamentary Constituencies as contained in the “Delimitation of
Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008”. Therefore,
there is no change in the extent and status of any Parliamentary
Constituency after General election to Lok Sabha, 2009.
Besides, the total number of Parliamentary Constituencies
allotted to various States/UTs including SC/ST seats are also continued
to be the same. Similarly, general elections to the
Legislative Assemblies of
Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim
shall be held on the basis of the extent of Assembly
Constituencies as contained in the said Delimitation Order, 2008.
The total number of ACs allotted to these States including SC/ST seats
shall also continue to be the same.
11. As per “Andhra
Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014(No.6 of 2014) dated 1st March,
2014” & “Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Removal of Difficulties)
Order, 2015 dated 23.4.2015” and subsequently,‘Commission’s Notification
No.282/AP/2018(DEL) dated 22.9.2018, the total number of
Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies in respect of Andhra Pradesh
and Telangana States shall be as under:
ANDHRA PRADESH
Parliamentary Constituencies: Total number of seats as allocated are 25, SC-4 and ST-1.
Assembly Constituencies: Total number of seats as allocated are 175, SC-29 & ST-7.
TELANGANA
Parliamentary Constituencies: Total number of seats as allocated are 17, SC-3 and ST-2.
Assembly Constituencies: -Total number of seats are 119, SC-19 & ST-12.
The
extent of all Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies in respect of
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States shall be as per the said Act(s) and
the Commission’s Notification dated 22.9.2018, as referred above
State-wise poll details: Phase 7 (May 19)
Bihar (8), Jharkhand (3), MP (8), Punjab (13), West Bengal (9), Chandigarh (1), UP (13), Himachal (4); Total: 59
State-wise poll details: Phase 6 (May 12)
Bihar (8), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (4), MP (8), UP (14), West Bengal (8), Delhi-NCR (7); Total: 59
State-wise poll details: Phase 5 (May 6)
Bihar (5), J&K (2), Jharkhand (4), MP (7), Rajasthan (12), UP (14), West Bengal (7); Total: 51
State-wise poll details: Phase 4 (April 29)
Bihar (5), J&K (1), Jharkhand (3), MP (6), Maharashtra (17), Odisha (6), Rajasthan (13), UP (13), West Bengal (8); Total: 71
State-wise poll details: Phase 3 (April 23)
Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Gujarat (26), Goa (2), J&K
(1), Karnataka (14), Kerala (20), Maharashtra (14), Odisha (6), UP (10),
West Bengal (5), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1), Daman and Diu (1); Total:
115
State-wise poll details: Phase 2 (April 18)
Assam (5), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (3), J&K (2), Karnataka (14),
Maharashtra (10), Manipur (1), Odisha (5), Tamil Nadu (39), Tripura (1),
UP (8), West Bengal (3), Puducherry (1); Total: 97
State-wise poll details: Phase 1 (April 11)
Andhra (25), Arunachal (2), Assam (5), Bihar (4), Chhattisgarh (1),
J&K (2), Maharashtra (7), Manipur (1), Meghalaya (2), Mizoram (1),
Nagaland (1), Odisha (4), Sikkim (1), Telangana (17), Tripura (1), UP
(8), Uttarakhand (5), West Bengal (2), Andaman (1), Lakshadweep (1);
Total (91)
