The Model Code of Conduct will come into force from the time dates are announced.
New Delhi:
The Election Commission of India will announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls tomorrow. The Election Commission of India in a post on X (formerly Twitter) said that a press conference by Election Commission to announce schedule for upcoming General Elections and some state assemblies will be held at 3 pm tomorrow.
The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 16 and a new House has to be constituted before that.
The Model Code of Conduct will come into force from the time the dates are announced.
The four states expected to vote in April/May are Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim, with Maharashtra, Haryana, and Jharkhand scheduled to vote later this year.
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Political parties have already begun announcing their candidates for the general elections. BJP has so far released two lists of candidates. Congress has also released two lists of candidates for the polls.
- Earlier on Wednesady, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that the poll body will decide on holding Lok Sabha Elections and Assembly Elections together or separately in Jammu and Kashmir after reviewing the security situation.
- The long wait for Jammu and Kashmir seems to have come to an end as the Election Commission of India (ECI) is considering holding simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha polls.
The 2019 Lok Sabha elections were held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19.
Press Conference by Election Commission to announce schedule for #GeneralElections2024 & some State Assemblies will be held at 3 pm tomorrow ie Saturday, 16th March. It will livestreamed on social media platforms of the ECI pic.twitter.com/1vlWZsLRzt
– Spokesperson ECI (@SpokespersonECI) March 15, 2024
