|
New Delhi:
Counting for the assembly polls in five states will be held March
6 instead of March 4, the Election Commission announced Monday
after rescheduling the date of Uttar Pradesh's first phase
election to March 3.
"The commission has further decided that the counting of votes in
all the five states namely Manipur, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and
Uttar Pradesh shall also be done now on 6th March instead of 4th
March," a statement issued here said.
The change was made after the poll panel rescheduled the first
phase of election to Uttar Pradesh on March 3 instead of Feb 4.
The change was made due to uncertainty that Barawafat, or Id-Milad-un
Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad, will be
celebrated Feb 4.
The poll panel said the notification for polling in 60 assembly
constituencies in Uttar Pradesh first phase elections was Jan 10,
but during the review meeting last week with state functionaries
the poll panel decided to make the change.
The statement said during their meeting "it was pointed out that
though the date of "Barawafat" festival in Uttar Pradesh is
presently notified as Feb 5 by the state government, the date of
festival can fall on Feb 4".
It said that based on "updated assessment of ground situation by
election machinery of the state and also keeping in view the
overall poll schedule in five States", the commission took the
decision.
"The election schedule for other phases of UP assembly election
shall remain the same, except the date of counting, which shall
now be March 6, 2012," the statement added.
The elections in Uttar Pradesh are now on Feb 8, 11, 15, 19, 23,
28 and March 3.
|
Comments
|
Quick links