Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar has announced the poll schedule for Assembly Elections in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir.
Sharing this information with media persons at New Delhi on Friday, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said, “The Haryana will vote in a single phase on October 1 and counting of votes will take place on October 4.”
“The election for Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory will be held in three phases i.e. notification for the first phase election would be issued on August 20, last date of nominations is Aug 27, last date of withdrawal on Aug 30 and polling would be held on September 18,” he added.
For the second phase election notification will be issued on Aug 29; last date of nominations is Sept 5; scrutiny will take place on Sept 6; last date of withdrawal is Sept 9 and polling will be held on Sept 25.
For the third phase notification will be issued on Sept 5; last date for nominations is Sept 12; last date for withdrawal of candidature Sept 17 and polling will be held on Oct 1.
The counting of votes in Haryana and J&K will be undertaken on October 4.
The assembly election in Haryana is a litmus test for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been ruling the state since 2014. In the previous assembly polls, the BJP had won 40 seats and formed the government in a coalition with Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janta Party (JJP).
However, JPP has broken its alliance with BJP and Congress had made significant gains in the last Parliament election.
The last J&K assembly poll was held in 2014 and the government fell in 2018. In August 2019, the JK Reorganization Act divided J&K state into UTs of J&K and Ladakh.
The Supreme Court in December 2023 while upholding the constitutionality of abrogation of Article 370 had asked the EC to hold J&K polls by September 30.
