New Delhi| Aug,16: The Election Commission of India will announce the schedule for the assembly elections for Haryana, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand today at 3 pm. It is also expected that the polling body may also announce the dates for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections today.
The polling body stated that it would hold a press conference to announce the schedule for general elections to the legislative assembly of states.
Assembly polls in Haryana, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand are due to be held in the next 5 months. The terms of Maharashtra and Haryana Vidhan Sabha will end on November 3 and November 26, and Jharkhand’s in January next year.
Jammu and Kashmir’s polls are also due following the Supreme Court’s ruling on Article 370, which set a September 30 deadline for holding assembly elections in the Union Territory. Jammu and Kashmir has been without an elected government since 2018.
Earlier, the poll body held the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana together, while Jharkhand’s polls were conducted separately.
The announcement will detail the dates for various stages of the electoral process, including the filing of nominations, polling days, and the declaration of results.
The Election Commission has visited Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana recently to review the poll preparedness but is yet to visit Maharashtra.
