ceo.maharashtra.gov.in State Assembly General Election 2014 Schedule : CEO Maharashtra

Name of the Organisation : Chief Electoral Officer CEO Maharashtra
Type of Announcement : General Election to the State Assembly – 2014 Schedule
State : Maharashtra

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Schedule :
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification 20.09.2014 (Saturday)
Last Date for Nominations 27.09.2014 (Saturday)
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations 29.09.2014 (Monday)
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 01.10.2014 (Wednesday)
Date of poll 15.10.2014 (Wednesday)
Date of Counting 19.10.2014 (Sunday)
Date before which elections shall be Completed 22.10.2014 (Wednesday)

Subject: Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra and bye-elections to the Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies of various States– Regarding.

The terms of the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra are normally due to expire as follows:
Haryana : 27.10.2014
Maharashtra : 08.11.2014

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 elections to constitute the new Legislative Assemblies in the State of Haryana and Maharashtra before expiry of their present term.

(1) Assembly Constituencies
The total number of Assembly Constituencies in the States of Haryana and Maharashtra and seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as determined by the Delimitation Commission under the Delimitation Act, 2002, are as under: –
States Total No. of Assembly Constituencies Reserved for SCs Reserved for STs
Haryana 90 17 —
Maharashtra 288 29 25

(2) Electoral Rolls
The Electoral Rolls of all existing Assembly Constituencies in the States of Haryana and Maharashtra on the basis of the electoral rolls revised with reference to 1.1.2014 as the qualifying date have been finally published on 31.07.2014. The number of electors in the States, as on 31.07.2014, is as under:
States Total No. of Electors
Haryana 16158117
Maharashtra 82591826

(3) Photo Electoral Rolls
Photo electoral rolls will be used during the forthcoming general elections and photo percentages in Photo Electoral Rolls of these States are as follows:-
States Percentage of Photo
Electoral Rolls
Haryana 100
Maharashtra 91.30

(4) Electors Photo Identity Cards (EPIC)
Identification of the voters at the polling booth at the time of poll shall be mandatory. Electors who have been provided with EPIC shall be identified through EPIC. Presently, the EPIC coverage in the State is as under:-
States Percentage of EPIC
Haryana 100
Maharashtra 92.40

All the residual electors are advised to obtain their Elector Photo Identity Cards from the Electoral Registration Officers of their Assembly Constituencies urgently.

In order to ensure that no voter is deprived 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, if needed.

(5) Polling Stations
Polling Stations in the poll going States as on the date of final publication of electoral rolls are as follows:
States No. of Polling Stations
Haryana 16244
Maharashtra 90403

For the facility of physically challenged persons, instructions have been issued to ensure that all polling stations as far as practicable, are located at ground floor and ramps are provided. Facilitation shall also be provided for locating electors’ names in a polling station or a group of polling stations through help lines and facilitation centers.

(6) Basic Minimum Facilities (BMF) at Polling Stations
The Commission has issued instructions to the Chief Electoral Officers of all States to ensure that every Polling Station is equipped with Basic Minimum Facilities (BMF) like drinking water, shed, toilet, ramp for the physically challenged voters and a standard voting compartment etc.

(7) Polling Parties and Randomization
Polling parties shall be formed randomly, through special application software. Three-stage randomization will be adopted. First, from a wider district database of eligible officials, a shortlist of a minimum 120% of the required numbers will be randomly picked up. This group will be trained for polling duties. In the second stage, from this trained manpower, actual polling parties as required shall be formed by random selection software in the presence of General Observers. In the third randomization, the polling stations will be allocated randomly just before the polling party’s departure. There shall be randomization for such Police Constables and Home guards also, who are deployed at the polling stations on the poll day.