Schedule for Bye-election in Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies of various States

 

Schedule for Bye-election in Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies of various States

ELECTORAL ROLLS

Schedule for Bye-election in Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies of various States. The published Electoral Rolls for the aforesaid Assembly Constituencies w.r.t 01.01.2022 will be used for these elections.

Sl. No.	Name of State	Parliamentary/Assembly Constituency No. & Name
	Punjab	12-Sangrur PC
	Uttar Pradesh	7-Rampur PC
	Uttar Pradesh	69-Azamgarh PC
	Tripura	06-Agartala AC
	Tripura	08-Town Bordowali AC
	Tripura	46-Surma (SC) AC
	Tripura	57-Jubarajnagar AC
	Andhra Pradesh	115-Atmakur AC
	NCT of Delhi	39-Rajinder Nagar AC
	Jharkhand	66-Mandar(ST) AC

The schedule for these bye-elections is as follows:

Schedule for Bye-elections for Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
Poll Events	Schedule
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification	30th May, 2022 (Monday)
Last Date of Nominations	6th June, 2022 (Monday)
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations	7th June, 2022 (Tuesday)
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures	9th June, 2022 (Thursday)
Date of Poll	23rd June, 2022 (Thursday)
Date of Counting	26th June, 2022 (Sunday)
Date before which election shall be completed	28th June, 2022 (Tuesday)

ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (EVMs) & VVPATs

The Commission has decided to use EVMs and VVPATs in the bye-elections in all the polling stations. Adequate numbers of EVMs and VVPATs have been made available and all steps have been taken to ensure that the polls are conducted smoothly with the help of these machines.

IDENTIFICATION OF VOTERS

Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) shall be the main document of identification of a voter. However, any of the below-mentioned identification documents can also be shown at the polling station:

Aadhar Card,

MNREGA Job Card,

Passbooks with photographs issued by Bank/Post Office,

Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of the Ministry of Labour,

Driving License,

PAN Card,

Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR,

Indian Passport,

Pension document with photograph,

Service Identity Cards with photographs issued to employees by Central/State Govt./PSUs/Public Limited Companies, and

Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs.

Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card, M/o Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.

MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT

    The Model Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in the district(s) in which the whole or any part of the Parliamentary / Assembly constituency going for election is included, subject to partial modification as issued vide Commission’s instruction No. 437/6/1NST/2016-CCS, dated 29th June 2017 (available on the commission's website).

INFORMATION REGARDING CRIMINAL ANTECEDENTS

            Candidates with criminal antecedents are required to publish information in this regard in newspapers and through Television channels on three occasions during the campaign period. A political party that sets up candidates with criminal antecedents is also required to publish information about the criminal background of its candidates, both on its website and also in newspapers and Television channels on three occasions.

 Commission vide its letter No. 3/4/2019/SDR/Vol. IV dated 16th September 2020 has directed that the period specified will be decided with three blocks in the following manner so that electors have sufficient time to know about the background of such candidates:

Within the first 4 days of withdrawal.

Between the next 5th - 8th days.

  From the 9th day till the last day of the campaign (the second day prior to the date of the poll)

(Illustration: If the last date for withdrawal is the 10th of the month and the poll is on the 24th of the Month, the first block for publishing of declaration shall be done between the 11th and 14th of the Month, the second and third blocks shall be between 15th and 18th and 19th and 22nd of that month, respectively.)

            This requirement is in pursuance of the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Writ Petition (C) No. 784 of 2015 (Lok Prahari Vs. Union of India & Others) and Writ Petition (Civil) No. 536 of 2011 (Public Interest Foundation & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Anr.).

    This information will also be available on an App titled, ‘know your candidates’.

REVISED BROAD GUIDELINES, 2022 TO BE FOLLOWED DURING THE CONDUCT OF BYE-ELECTION DURING THE PERIOD OF COVID-19

The Commission has issued revised broad guidelines on 8th January 2022 available on Commission’s website https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13932-revised-broad-guidelines-for-conduct-of-general-electionsbye-elections-during-covid-19/.  Also, the Commission time to time has reviewed the situation of COVID-19 with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India and State Governments and has issued directions in the matter, which is available at Commission’s website https://eci.gov.in/.

All stakeholders shall abide by these instructions. The State Government concerned shall take all appropriate actions/measures in compliance with these instructions as follows.

All such activities will be strictly complied with as per the COVID-19 guidelines issued by competent authorities. Social distancing and use of masks, sanitizers, thermal scanning, face shield, hand gloves, etc., as per COVID-19 protocol, have to be complied with. SDMA is responsible for all preventive and mitigation measures to ensure adherence to COVID protocol. Chief Secretary and DG and district level authorities will be responsible for monitoring, supervision, and compliance with COVID-19 guidelines.

If a candidate or political party violates any of the above guidelines, no more permission shall be given to the concerned candidate/party for rallies, meetings, etc. If any star campaigner violates the COVID protocols, he shall not be allowed to campaign further in that constituency/district.

In the light of the advisory issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India, Commission will keep a close watch on the evolving situation and may further tighten the guidelines for the upcoming elections.

All extant instructions/guidelines of the Commission relating to the conduct of recently held General Elections in Five States and bye-elections thereafter shall also be applicable for this bye-election also.

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