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PremiumAssembly Elections Schedule Highlights: The assembly elections for 90 seats of Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases – September 18, 25 and October 1, Election Commission said on August 16.
The assembly election in Haryana will be held in single phase on October 1. The results of both the assembly elections will be declared on October 4. Both Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir assemblies have 90 seats each. Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand will be held later.
In Jammu and Kashmir, voting will be held at 24 seats in the first phase on September 18. Another 26 seats will vote in second phase on September 25. The final phase, on October 1, will see voting in 40 seats, the poll panel said.
The poll panel recently visited Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana to review the preparations for the Assembly elections 2024.
BJP Vs Congress in Haryana
The terms of the legislative assemblies of Haryana ends in November.
In 2019, assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party and formed the government in a post-poll alliance with the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) and seven Independent MLAs in Haryana.
BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar and JJP President Dushyant Chautala were sworn in as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively of BJP-JJP alliance government. Khattar has since resigned and is now a minister in Modi 3.0. Chautala left the alliance just before Lok Sabha polls.
With Congress and BJP finishing with five seats each in Lok Sabha polls 2024, the assembly polls in Haryana will be interesting.
First Assembly Polls since 2014 in J-K
Elections to Jammu and Kashmir assembly is also due after the Supreme Court set September 30, 2024 deadline for holding polls in the UT.
Jammu and Kashmir has been under Central rule since June 19, 2018, following the collapse of a coalition government headed by the People’s Democratic Party’s Mehbooba Mufti after the pullout of its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
After the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh – in August 2019 and the abrogation of Article 370, the Assembly polls could not be held due to various reasons, including a delimitation exercise completed in 2022.
In December last year, the Supreme Court directed the Centre to conclude the election process by September 30, 2024.
Fight between INDIA bloc partners
The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) - the two mainstream regional parties of the UT - are likely to face each other during the upcoming assembly polls. The National Conference is headed by former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and PDP is headed by former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
The two parties, in the INDIA bloc, have decided to fight the Assembly elections without any pre-poll alliance. The two parties contested against each other for three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir earlier this year.
The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 witnessed an improved voter turn out in all five parliamentary seats of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Assembly Elections Schedule Live: With Congress and BJP finishing with five seats each in Lok Sabha polls 2024, the assembly polls in Haryana will be interesting. In 2019, the saffron party won 40 out of 90 Assembly seats in Haryana. The Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) secured 10 seats and formed an alliance by joining hands with the BJP. This time a resurgent Congress might change the game for the BJP.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: Jammu and Kashmir will vote in three phases - September 18, 25 and October 1. On September 18, voting will be held at 24 seats. On September 25, another 26 seats will vote. The final phase on October 1 will see voting in 40 seats, the poll panel said.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: Haryana will vote in one phase on October 1 to elect its new state government. Haryana has 90 seats and the counting of votes will be held on October 4.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: The 90 seats of Jammu and Kashmir will go to polls in three phases, Election Commission of India said on Friday. Voting will be held on September 18, September 25 and October 1. The votes will be counted on October 4, the poll panel said.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: CEC Rajiv Kumar said there are a total of 90 assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, of which 74 are general, SC-7 and ST-9. “There will be a total of 87.09 lakh voters in Jammu and Kashmir, of which 44.46 lakh are males, 42.62 lakh are females, 3.71 lakh are first-time voters and 20.7 lakh are young voters. The Amarnath Yatra will end on August 19 and the final voter list will also be published on August 20," he said.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: “We recently visited Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana to take stock of the election preparation in these places. A great enthusiasm was seen among the people. They wanted to participate in the election process. People want elections to be conducted there as early as possible...The long queues at the polling booth in J&K during the Lok Sabha elections are proof that people not only want change but also want to raise their voice by becoming a part of that change. This glimpse of hope and democracy shows that the people want to change the picture. They want to write their own destiny. The people of Jammu and Kashmir chose ballot over bullet in Lok Sabha elections," CEC Rajiv Kumar said on August 16.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: CEC Rajiv Kumar said that the poll panel expects that there would be more voters, especially among women. He said the poll panel wants the layers of democracy to be strengthened in Jammu and Kashmir. He was addressing a press conference to announce schedule for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: CEC Rajiv Kumar said 2024 Lok Sabha polls were the biggest election process at the world level. "It was completed successfully and peacefully. It created a very strongly democratic surface for the entire democratic world, it was peaceful without any violence and the whole country celebrated the festival of elections. We also made many records. For the first time, maximum polling took place in the world..." he said.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: CEC Rajiv Kumar said that the team of poll panel that visited Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir recently witnessed enthusiasm for assembly polls among political parties and voters.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: Jammu and Kashmir BJP has constituted an election committee for Jammu and Kashmir for the upcoming assembly elections.
This panel consists of Ravinder Raina, party's State President, Dr. Jitendra Singh, MP, Jugal Kishore Sharma MP, Ghulam Ali Khatana, MP Rajya Sabha, Ashok Koul, General Secretary (organisation), Dr. Nirmal Singh, former Deputy Chief Minister, Kavinder Gupta, former Deputy Chief Minister, Sunil Sharma, General Secretary, Vibodh Gupta, General Secretary, Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal, General Secretary, Dr. Darakshan Andrabi, Devinder Singh Rana, former MLA, Ajay Bharti, former MLC and Sanjita Dogra, President Mahila Morcha. This Committee has G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister, Tarun Chugh, National General Secretary among Special Invitees, news agnecy ANI said.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party, the two mainstream regional parties of the UT are likely to face each other during the upcoming assembly polls. The National Conference is headed by former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and PDP is headed by former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. The two parties, in the INDIA bloc, have decided to fight the Assembly elections without any pre-poll alliance. The two parties contested against each other for three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir earlier this year.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah addressed the issue of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir
"They used to say article 370 is responsible for the rise in terrorism. You are in power and still, the terrorism is at its peak...Today, the dates will be announced... A parliament committee will be formed and the candidate will be of your choice who can resolve your difficulties..." Abdullah said.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah demanded statehood for Jammu and Kashmir.
"If you visit the secretariat of Jammu and Srinagar, there is no big officer from Jammu and Kashmir. These officers don't know anything about the problems of the people of J&K...Electricity produced in Jammu and Kashmir will be given to Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. There will be regular electricity cuts in J&K...We have to bring statehood back...If we form the government the MLA from this constituency will be made a minister...The central government has only spread hatred...In the parliamentary elections, if the election commission would not have helped them, they would not have crossed the mark of 140 seats..." Farooq Abdullah said.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: BJP leader Kavinder Gupta said the declaration of election dates will be a welcome step and the party will try to get good numbers in Jammu and Kashmir.
“It a welcome step if the Election Commission of India is going to announce the dates of the election today...BJP is ready for elections. This time when we fight elections to form govt, we will try that get more numbers in Kashmir. We are also trying to get maximum seats in Jammu. BJP will emerge as the largest party to form government," Kavinder Gupta said.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: JKNC vice president and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir hoped that the poll panel will announce dates of elections for the UT today. “We don't know that for sure (if dates will be announced for J&K too). That's speculation. We hope that they are announcing dates for J&K. But in the past also we have expected an announcement and one hasn't been forthcoming. J&K has been without an elected assembly since 2018. This is perhaps the longest period without an elected government in J&K. So, we hope that the ECI will use today's opportunity to announce early elections in J&K, in keeping with what the Supreme Court of India has said because this is as per their guideline, their directives," Abdullah told news agency ANI.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: BJP leader Kavinder Gupta said on August 16 that it was a welcome step if the Election Commission of India is going to announce the dates of the election today. “BJP is ready for elections. This time when we fight elections to form govt, we will try that get more numbers in Kashmir. We are also trying to get maximum seats in Jammu. BJP will emerge as the largest party to form government," he said.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: If the Election Commission announces dates for J&K state polls, it will be after ten years that assembly elections will be held in the erstwhile state. The last assembly polls were held in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014. This is the longest ever time period that J&K has gone without Assembly polls. Even at the peak of militancy in the 1990s, the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were held in 1996, within a span of six years.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: The term of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini-led government's in Haryana ends in November. In Jammu and Kashmir, the last assembly polls were held in 2014. The UT is awaiting polls following Supreme Court order putting September 30 deadline. Both Haryana and J&K have 90 seats in state assemblies. The EC is likely to announce dates of polling in J&K and Haryana today.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: . Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that dates for assembly polls in Jharkhand are unlikely to be announced today. “I think that in today's press conference, the dates for Jharkhand assembly elections will not be announced. Jharkhand assembly elections will be held later," said Sarma, BJP's Jharkhand assembly poll incharge.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said last week that the poll panel is committed to conducting assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir as soon as possible. Kumar, heading a poll panel on a three-day visit to the Union Territory, said the Election Commission would not allow any internal or external forces to derail the electoral process.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: Assembly polls in Haryana, Maharashtra, J&K and Jharkhand are due in the next six months. The terms of the Maharashtra and Haryana Assemblies end in November, and Jharkhand’s in January next year. In J&K, polls are mandated before September 30 due to Supreme Court deadline. But sources suggested that the poll panel might hold elections for J&K and Haryana first and then for Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Dates for assembly polls in J&K and Haryana are expected to be announced today.
Assembly Elections Schedule Live: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is all set to announce the schedule for the elections to state Legislative Assemblies on Friday, August 16. Assembly elections are due in Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir later this year.
