Election Commission changes Punjab bye elections dates in 4 assembly constituencies
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ November 4,2024
The Election Commission of India vide Press Note no. ECI/PN/150/2024 dated 15.10.2024 announced bye-election to 48 Assemblies Constituencies and 2 Parliamentary Constituencies of 15 States wherein the date of poll for all by-elections except in 16-Nanded PC of Maharashtra and 07-Kedarnath AC of Uttarakhand, was fixed on 13.11.2024(Wednesday).
The date of Counting and Completion of Poll with respect to above election are 23.11.2024 (Saturday) & 25.11.2024 (Monday) respectively.
Subsequently, representations have been received in the Commission from various recognised National and State political parties (including BJP, INC, BSP, RLD) and some social organisations for change of date of poll in some Assembly Constituencies having bye elections on 13th November 2024, considering large scale social, cultural and religious engagements on that day which may cause inconvenience to large number of people, give rise to various logistic issues and may lead to reduced voters participation during the poll.
The Commission, having considered these factors and representations, has decided to change the date of poll from 13.11.2024(Wednesday) to 20.11.2024 (Wednesday) in following 14 ACs for Bye-election: –
The date of Counting and Completion of Poll of the above-mentioned Assembly Constituencies shall remain unchanged i.e. 23.11.2024 (Saturday) & 25.11.2024 (Monday) respectively.
