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Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa,Manipur,Punjab,Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh
The terms of the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh are normally due to expire as follows:
State Date
Goa 18.03.2017
Manipur 18.03.2017
Punjab 18.03.2017
Uttarakhand 26.03.2017
Uttar Pradesh 27.05.2017
By virtue of its powers, duties and functions under Article 324 read with Article 172(1) of the Constitution of India and Section 15 of Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Commission is required to hold general elections to constitute the new Legislative Assemblies in the States of Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh before expiry of their present terms. As per the established practice, the Election Commission holds the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of the States whose terms expire around the same time, together. (1) Assembly Constituencies The total number of Assembly Constituencies in the States of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as determined by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, are as under: –
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001.
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Website: www.eci.nic.in 2
General Elections to Legislative Assemblies-2017 Election Commission of India State Total No. of AC
State Total No. of ACs Reserved for SCs Reserved for STs
Goa 40 1 —
Manipur 60 1 19
Punjab 117 34 —
Uttarakhand 70 13 2
Uttar Pradesh 403 84 2
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