ECI announces Assembly polls schedule for Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand & UP

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | January 08, 2022 IST

New Delhi, Jan 8: Election Commission of India today announced Assembly polls schedule for Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh. As COVID cases soared in view of Omicron variant, the ECI held meetings with Union Health Secretary & Home Secretary, experts, & health secretaries of states. After taking these views & ground situation, the ECI decided to announce polls with safety norms in place. A total of 18.34 crore electors including service voters will take part in this election process out of which 8.55 crore are women electors. The ECI has mandated that at least one polling station managed exclusively by women shall be set up in every Assembly constituency. Our officers have identified much more than that. There're 690 Assembly seats but we are setting up 1620 such polling booths, said Chief Election Commissioner of India Sushil Chandra. Senior citizens above 80 years of age, persons with disabilities & COVID19 patients can vote by postal ballot, he added.

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