Wednesday, January 4, 2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election in 7 Phases From Feb 11 - March 08,2017

7-phase polls in UP, 2-phase in Manipur, single phase in Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand; counting on March 11,2017

Election Commission on Wednesday Jan 04,2017 announced poll dates for Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Nasim Zaidi addressed the media and gave out complete details for the election process.

Announcements made by the Election Commission on assembly election dates and phases:

Assemblies expiring on: Goa 18 March, Manipur 18 March, Punjab 18 March, Uttarakhand 26 March, and Uttar Pradesh 27 March.
Number of constituencies: 619/690 - 133 reserved for Scheduled Castes, 23 for Scheduled Tribes.
Millions of errors, multiple entries have been removed from the electoral rolls.
Revised electoral rolls published on: Goa - January 5, Manipur - January 12, Punjab - January 5, Uttarakhand - January 10, and Uttar Pradesh - January 12.
The Election Commission will distribute photo voters slip to all voters. These have been improved.
Colourful voter guide will be distributed to all families. This will have details of polling stations, date and time of polling, ID docs that can be used, etc.
1.85 Lakh polling stations will be covered. This has increased by 15 per cent.
There are over 16 crore voters in the 5 states.
For secrecy, height of the voting compartment has been raised to 30 inches.
Electronic Voter Machines or EVMs will be used in all states.
As you know there is a symbol provided at bottom of EVM for 'None Of The Above' or NOTA.
In certain constituencies there will be Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail or VVPAT.
The number of constituencies with VVPAT will be increased.
Election Commission is joining the rank of global leaders in the area of electronic transmission of votes. This is a historic (first) step.
Electronic transmission of votes done keeping in mind defence personnel.
Postal votes will be transmitted one-way in certain constituencies.
Candidates will be required to file a no demand certificate.
The rules have also been changed. Candidates will have to fix a photograph on nomination paper. They will have to declare that they are citizens of India, not sought foreign citizenship.
The model code of conduct comes into immediate effect.
The Election Commission is determined to ensure strict compliance.
In the last 72 hours there are reports of malpractices, so new SOP has been introduced.
The Election Commission is discouraging parties from using any environmentally hazardous materials for publicity. We also discourage the use of loudspeakers.
We will conduct elections in free and fair manner.

Model Code of Conduct comes into effect in 5 states immediately The limit of electoral expenses for individual candidates is Rs 28 Lakh for UP, Punjab and Uttarakhand; Rs 20 Lakh for Manipur and Goa EVMs will be used in all states Ballot paper on EVMs will have photo of candidates

Uttar Pradesh goes to poll in 7 phases in the following dates -

February 11 (first phase), February 15 (second phase), February 19 (third phase), February 23 (fourth phase), February 27 (fifth phase), March 4 (sixth phase), March 8 (seventh phase)

Uttar Pradesh Elections: Find Out When Your Constituency Goes to Vote

Uttar Pradesh (Total Seats: 403)
Phase	Date of Polling	Constituencies
Phase I	11 February 2017	73 (15 districts)
Phase II	15 February 2017	67 (11 districts)
Phase III	19 February 2017	69 (12 districts)
Phase IV	23 February 2017	53 (12 districts)
Phase V	27 February 2017	52 (11 districts)
Phase VI	4 March 2017	49 (7 districts)
Phase VII	8 March 2017	40 (7 districts)

UTTAR PRADESH

Uttar Pradesh has 403 constituencies and elections will take place in 7 phases

PHASE 1: 73 Constituencies

Notification - January 17, 2017
Last date of nominations - January 24, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations - January 25, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations - January 27, 2017
Elections will be held on February 11, 2017

PHASE 2: 67 Constituencies - 11 Districts

Notification - January 20, 2017
Last date of nominations - January 27, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations - January 28, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations - January 30, 2017
Elections will be held on February 15, 2017

PHASE 3: 69 Constituencies - 12 Districts

Notification - January 24, 2017
Last date of nominations - January 31, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations - February 02, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations - February 04, 2017
Elections will be held on February 19, 2017

PHASE 4: 53 Constituencies - 12 Districts

Notification - January 30, 2017
Last date of nominations - February 06, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations - February 07, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations - February 09, 2017
Elections will be held on February 23, 2017

PHASE 5: 52 Constituencies - 11 Districts

Notification - February 02, 2017
Last date of nominations - February 09, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations - February 11, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations - February 13, 2017
Elections will be held on February 27, 2017

PHASE 6: 49 Constituencies - 7 Districts

Notification - February 08, 2017
Last date of nominations - February 15, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations - February 16, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations - February 18, 2017
Elections will be held on March 04, 2017

PHASE 7: 40 Constituencies - 7 Districts

Notification - February 11, 2017
Last date of nominations - February 18, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations - February 20, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations - February 22, 2017
Elections will be held on March 08, 2017

Uttar Pradesh

In 2012, elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 7 phases from February 8 to March 3, and the poll schedule was announced on December 24, 2011.

In Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Party (SP) will fight with Mayawati’s BSP, Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to retain power.