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Schedule for bye-elections to fill casual vacancy in the Lok Sabha from Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan and West Bengal and State Legislative Assemblies of Rajasthan and West Bengal – Regarding.
There are clear vacancies in the Lok Sabha from Parliamentary Constituencies of various States, which need to be filled up:
| Sl. No. | State | Number & Name of Parliamentary Constituency |
| 1 | Rajasthan | 8-Alwar |
| 13-Ajmer | ||
| 2 | West Bengal | 26-Uluberia |
There are clear vacancies in the State Legislative Assemblies of various States, which need to be filled up:
| Sl. No. | State | Number & Name of Assembly Constituency |
| 1 | Rajasthan | 183-Mandalgarh |
| 2 | West Bengal | 107-Noapara |
After taking into consideration various factors like local festivals, electoral rolls, weather conditions etc., the Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill these vacancies as per the programme mentioned as under: –
| Poll Events | Schedule |
| Date of Issue of Gazette Notification | 03.01.2018 (WED) |
| Last Date of Nominations | 10.01.2018 (WED) |
| Date for Scrutiny of Nominations | 11.01.2018 (THU) |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures | 15.01.2018 (MON) |
| Date of Poll | 29.01.2018 (MON) |
| Date of Counting | 01.02.2018 (THU) |
| Date before which election shall be completed | 03.02.2018 (SAT) |
ELECTORAL ROLL
The Electoral Rolls of the of 8-Alwar PC, 13-Ajmer PC of Rajasthan, 26-Uluberia PC of West Bengal and 183-Mandhalgarh AC of Rajasthan and 107-Noapara AC of West Bengal with reference to 01.01.2018 will be used for bye-election. The Electoral Roll of these Constituencies will be finally published on 02.01.2018.
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (EVMs) and VVPATs
The Commission has decided to use EVMs and VVPATs in the bye-elections in all the pollingstations. Adequate numbers of EVMs and VVPATs have been made available and all steps have been taken toensure that the polls are conducted smoothly with the help of these machines.
IDENTIFICATION OF VOTERS
In consonance with the past practice, the Commission has decided that the voter’s identificationshall be mandatory in the aforementioned bye- elections at the time of poll. Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) shall be the main document of identification of a voter. However, in order to ensure that no voter isdeprived of his/her franchise, if his/her name figures in the Electoral Rolls, separate instructions will be issued to allow additional documents for identification of voters at the time of poll in the said bye-elections.
MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT
The Model Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediateeffect in the district(s) inwhich the whole or any part of the Parliamentary/Assembly Constituency going for bye-election is included, subject to partial modification as issued vide Commission’s instruction No. 437/6/INST2016-CCS, dated 29thJune, 2017 (available on the Commission’s website). The Model Code of Conduct shall be applicable to all candidates, political parties and the State Government concerned. The Model Code of Conduct shall also be applicable to the Union Government for the State concerned.
Election Commission of India
New Delhi 28th December ,2017
