The Election Commission on January 4 announced the dates for the upcoming state assembly polls in five states for a total of 690 Assembly seats. Goa will have a one-phase election, Manipur will have two phases and the largest state Uttar Pradesh Assembly will host elections in seven phases.
Limit for the candidate for expenditure in the election in UP, Punjab and Uttrakhand has been fixed as Rs 28 lakh and for Goa, Manipur it would be Rs 20 lakh, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said.
– Uttar Pradesh: Total Seats – 403
Poll dates:
– Phase 1 – February 11, 2017, 73 Constituencies
Districts: Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Hapur, Bulandshahar, Aligarh, Mathura, Hathras, Agra, Firozabad, Etah, Kasganj
Notification – January 17, 2017
Last date of nominations – January 24, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations– January 25, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations– January 27, 2017
– Phase 2 – February 15, 2017, 67 Constituencies
Districts: Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Bareilly, Amroha, Pilibhit, Kheri, Shahjahanpur, Badaun
Notification – January 20, 2017
Last date of nominations – January 27, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations – January 28, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations – January 30, 2017
– Phase 3 – February 19, 2017, 69 Constituencies
Districts: Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Unnao, Lucknow, Barabanki, Sitapur
Notification– January 24, 2017
Last date of nominations – January 31, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations– February 2, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations – February 04, 2017
– Phase 4– February 23, 2017, 53 Constituencies
Districts: Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur, Rae Bareli
Notification: January 30, 2017
Last date of nominations – February 2, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations – February 7, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations – February 9, 2017
– Phase 5 – February 27, 2017, 52 Constituencies
Districts: Balrampur, Gonda, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Sidhharthnagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Amethi, Sultanpur
Notification: February 2, 2017
Last date of nominations – February 9, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations – February 11, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations – February 13, 2017
– Phase 6 – March 4, 2017, 49 Constituencies
Districts: Maharajganj, Kushi Nagar, Gorakhpur, Deoria, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia
Notification: February 8, 2017
Last date of nominations – February 15, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations – February 16, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations – February 18, 2017
– Phase 7 – March 8, 2017, 40 Constituencies
Districts: Ghazipur, Varanasi, Chandauli, Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Sonbhadra, Jaunpur
Notification: February 11, 2017
Last date of nominations – February 18, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations – February 20, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations – February 22, 2017
Key players: Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Bhartiya Janata Party, Congress
Key Leaders: Akhilesh Yadav, Azam Khan, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sheila Dixit
– Goa: Total Seats – 40
Poll dates: February 4, 2017
Notification – January 11, 2017
Last date of nominations – January 18, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations – January 19, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations – January 21, 2017
Key players: Bhartiya Janata Party, Congress, Aam Admi Party
Key Leaders: Manohar Parrikar, Lakshmikant Parsekar, Alves Gomes
– Manipur: Total Seats – 60
Poll dates: Phase 1– March 4, 2017
Date of notification – February 8, 2017
Last date of making nominations – February 15, 2017
Completion of scrutiny of nominations – February 16, 2017
Withdrawal of candidature – February 18, 2017
Phase 2 – March 8, 2017
Date of notification – February 11, 2017
Last date of making nominations – February 18, 2017
Completion of scrutiny of nominations – February 20, 2017
Withdrawal of candidature – February 22, 2017
Date of polling – March 8, 2017
Key players: Congress, Bhartiya Janata Party, People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA)
Key Leaders: Irom Sharmila, Ibobi Singh
– Punjab: Total Seats – 117
Poll dates: February 4, 2017
Notification – January 11, 2017
Number of Constituencies – 117
Last date of nominations – January 18, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations – January 19, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations – January 21, 2017.
Key players: Bhartiya Janata Party, Congress, Aam Admi Party, Siromani Akali Dal
Key Leaders: Sukhbeer Badal, Prakash Singh Badal, Captain Amrinder Singh, Bhagwant Maan
– Uttarakhand: Total Seats – 70
Poll dates: February 15, 2017
Notification – January 20, 2017
Last date of nominations – January 27, 2017
Scrutiny of nominations – January 28, 2017
Last date for withdrawal of nominations – January 30, 2017.
Elections will be held on February 15, 2017 – In single phase.
Key players: Bhartiya Janata Party, Congress
Key Leaders: Harish Rawat, Vijay Bahuguna
Counting Of Votes: March 11, 2017
