GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2019
SCHEDULE OF ELECTIONS
General
Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road,
No.ECI/PN/23/2019
Dated: 10th March, 2019
PRESS NOTE
SUBJECT: ANNOUNCEMENT
OF SCHEDULE FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS TO LOK SABHA AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES IN
ANDHRA PRADESH, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, ODISHA & SIKKIM,2019.
The five-year term of the 16th Lok Sabha is due to expire on 03rdJune, 2019.
Credible elections, conducted at regular prescribed intervals, are the very
soul of any democratic system. Article 324 of the Constitution of India bestows
the relevant powers, duties and functions upon the Election Commission of India
while Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 provides for the
conduct of the elections to constitute a new Lok Sabha before the expiry of its
current term. Taking into account these Constitutional and legal provisions,
the Election Commission of India has made comprehensive preparations for the conduct
of elections to the 17th Lok Sabha in a free, fair and peaceful manner.
2. Elections to the world’s largest democracy pose immense challenges with
respect to logistics and man/woman and material management and Commission's
endeavour in this direction has been to consult all the stakeholders,invite
inputs from all the relevant departments/organization sand evolve a coordinated
framework for smooth delivery of another round of General Elections.
3. In the course of assessing various dimensions involved in holding elections
to the 543 Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) and, in 3 particular,the
parameters to be considered for their scheduling and phasing, the Election
Commission of India has planned meticulously for each and every aspect of
election much in advance to ensure that these elections are conducted in best
professional manner.
4. The Commission organized a series of meetings wit hthe Chief Electoral
Officers (CEOs) of all the 36 States and Union Territories (UTs) to review all
the aspects of election preparedness in all the States and UTs and accordingly,
appropriate instructions were issued to the CEOs for ensuring efficient conduct
of the elections.
5. The Commission also held meeting with the Chief Secretaries, Directors
General of Police, Home Secretaries, Chief Electoral Officers and Police Nodal
Officers of all States and UTs on 21st, 22nd & 28th January, 2019, to
assess the overall law and order situation, as certain State/ UT specific areas
of concern,t o deliberate on the quantum of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)
required in each State/ UT and to review the overall preparedness of the
election machinery. The cooperation of all authorities was sought for
conducting free, fair and peaceful elections across the country, under the overall
superintendence, direction and control of the Commission.
6. The Commission has visited different States to review the poll preparedness.
During these visits,the Commission interacted with political parties,
enforcement agencies, all District officers, SSPs/SPs, Divisional
Commissioners, Range IGs and Chief Secretaries, Home Secretaries, DGPs and
other Senior officers of the States.
7. The conduct of General Elections in the entire country requires considerable
deployment of Central and State Police Forces to ensure peaceful, free,fair
election with fearless participation of electors, especially in the vulnerable
areas/pockets. Mobilization, deployment and disengagement of these forces with
minimum criss cross movement and optimal utilization, involved complex planning
and detailed analysis, carried out over several rounds of consultations with
the senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs/CAPFs/Police Nodal Officers
of the States/UTs. The Commission also held discussions with the Union Home Secretary
to highlight the areas of coordination for effective deployment of these
forces.
8. The Commission also held meeting with Railway and many others in regard to
the specific requirements of special trains, including other logistics, for
smooth and timely movement of CAPF Companies and other police forces across
States/UTs, including their intra-State shifting during the election period.
9. Keeping in view the interests of the students and also the fact that Polling
Stations are mostly located in school buildings and teachers are engaged as
polling personnel, the Commission has consciously factored-in the examination
schedules of various State Boards, including the Central Board of Secondary
Education, in the process of finalizingthe poll dates. In addition to this,
other relevant factors like various holidays and festivals falling in the
months of March, April and May, harvest season in certain parts of the country
and the inputs obtained from the Indian Meteorological Department on the
pre-monsoon rainfall, on set and spread of monsoon and acute hot weather
conditions in certain parts of the country have also been taken in to
consideration.Thus, while deciding on the number of poll days for each State/UT
and the composition of the PCs that go to polls on a particular pollday, the
Commission has, to the extent possible, taken all relevant aspects and
information, related there to, in to view
10. DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES : The
General Election to the House of People, 2019 to constitute the17th Lok Sabha
shall be held on the basis of the extent of Parliamentary Constituencies as
contained in the “Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
Order, 2008”. Therefore, there is no change in the extent and status of any
Parliamentary Constituency after General election to Lok Sabha, 2009. Besides,
the total number of Parliamentary Constituencies allotted to various States/UTs
including SC/ST seats are also continued to be the same. Similarly, general
elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and
Sikkim shall be held on the basis of the extent of Assembly Constituencies
as contained in the said Delimitation Order, 2008. The total number of ACs
allotted to these States including SC/ST seats shall also continue to be the
same.
11. As per “Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014(No.6 of 2014) dated 1st
March, 2014” & “Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Removal of Difficulties)
Order, 2015 dated 23.4.2015” and subsequently,‘Commission’s Notification
No.282/AP/2018(DEL) dated 22.9.2018, the total number of Parliamentary and
Assembly Constituencies in respect of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States shall
be as under:
ANDHRA
PRADESH
Parliamentary
Constituencies: Total number of seats as allocated are 25, SC-4 and ST-1.
Assembly Constituencies: Total number of seats as allocated are 175, SC-29
& ST-7.
TELANGANA
Parliamentary
Constituencies: Total number of seats as allocated are 17, SC-3 and ST-2.
Assembly
Constituencies: -Total number of seats are 119, SC-19 & ST-12.
The
extent of all Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies in respect of Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana States shall be as per the said Act(s) and the
Commission’s Notification dated 22.9.2018, as referred above
State-wise poll details: Phase 7 (May 19)
Bihar (8), Jharkhand (3), MP (8), Punjab (13), West Bengal (9), Chandigarh (1),
UP (13), Himachal (4); Total: 59
State-wise poll details: Phase 6 (May 12)
Bihar
(8), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (4), MP (8), UP (14), West Bengal (8), Delhi-NCR
(7); Total: 59
State-wise
poll details: Phase 5 (May 6), Bihar (5), J&K (2), Jharkhand (4), MP (7),
Rajasthan (12), UP (14), West Bengal (7); Total: 51
State-wise poll details: Phase 4 (April 29)
Bihar (5), J&K (1), Jharkhand (3), MP (6), Maharashtra (17), Odisha (6),
Rajasthan (13), UP (13), West Bengal (8); Total: 71
State-wise poll details: Phase 3 (April 23)
Assam
(4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Gujarat (26), Goa (2), J&K (1), Karnataka
(14), Kerala (20), Maharashtra (14), Odisha (6), UP (10), West Bengal (5),
Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1), Daman and Diu (1); Total: 115
State-wise poll details: Phase 2 (April 18)
Assam
(5), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (3), J&K (2), Karnataka (14), Maharashtra
(10), Manipur (1), Odisha (5), Tamil Nadu (39), Tripura (1), UP (8), West
Bengal (3), Puducherry (1); Total: 97
State-wise poll details: Phase 1 (April 11)
Andhra
(25), Arunachal (2), Assam (5), Bihar (4), Chhattisgarh (1), J&K (2),
Maharashtra (7), Manipur (1), Meghalaya (2), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Odisha
(4), Sikkim (1), Telangana (17), Tripura (1), UP (8), Uttarakhand (5), West
Bengal (2), Andaman (1), Lakshadweep (1); Total (91)
