Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 2019 Dates Announced: EC Reveals AP Poll Dates
The EC announced the schedule of 17th Lok Sabha Elections 2019 at Vigyan Bhavan sometime back.
All three top members of the Election Commission, including chief election commissioner Sunil Arora as well as election commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra addressed the media jointly.
CEC Sunil Arora said that there was an increase of 84.3 million as compared to 814.5 million electorate in 2014.
He also added that the electorate size was 900 million in 2019 general election and added that electoral rolls will be updated till the last date of filing the nomination.
He added that VVPATs will be used with EVMs at all the polling stations and that 17.4 lakh VVPATs were needed for conducting Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
CEC said that all critical events would be videographed and control rooms and monitoring systems will be in place.
The CEC also promised to hold free and fair elections.
CCTV surveillance of critical booths will make violations difficult. Toll free numbers have been put in place.
The polls are to be held in seven phases over April and May. The assembly election dates for Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha are revealed by the ECI today.
1st Phase April 11
2nd Phase April 18
3rd Phase April 23
4th Phase April 29
5th Phase May 6
6th Phase May 12
7th phase May 18
Results to be announced on May 23
Lok Sabha Polls in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to have in single Phase i.e on April 11.
Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh,Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagalan, Punjab, Sikkim, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andaman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Dam and Diu will be held in a single phase.
Elections to Andhra Pradesh Assembly constituencies on April 11.
Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal, Odisha and Sikkim to be held with Lok Sabha polls
2019 elections Dates are announced by the Election commission of India. The Election Commission held a press conference at Vigyan Bhavan .
The polls are to be held in seven phases over April and May. The assembly election dates for Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha are revealed by the ECI today.
Soon as the election dates are announced, the model code of conduct will be put in place. According to reports, the 2019 elections to Lok Sabha will start from April 10 and conclude by May 15 across states in India. The present Lok Sabha term will end on June 3.
The CEC is already reviewing the preparedness of states for the impending elections. As soon as the Election notification is out, the EVMs will be deployed in over ten lakh polling stations across the 543 constituencies.
Check out Twitterati reaction to the news about EC announcing poll dates...
Today after 5pm all those who have stood with the govt for 5 years as cheerleader will take the place of Sa- workers of our society and will always be referred to, as deshbhakt of yesteryears. History is created at last... #ElectionCommissionOfIndia #ELECTION2019 good luck. — SQHussain س. ق. حسین (@sqharshad) March 10, 2019 One of the most awaited moments of 2019. As Largest democracy on this planet is going to announce the dates for next election. Its more than a festival for all Indians. Its for selection of India ?? progress for coming days. #ElectionCommissionOfIndia — Sunkara Pankaj (@sunkarapankaj) March 10, 2019 Surgical strikes, Development, Farm distress and Jobs will be key issues this election. Mandir politics as always will wane away as elections heat gather steam. #Elections2019 #ElectionsWithHT #ElectionCommissionOfIndia @bhupendrachaube @sardesairajdeep @IndiaToday — Snehashis Sahoo (@SnehashisSahoo) March 10, 2019 Folks, please fasten your seatbelts. Country is entering general elections mode. #ElectionCommissionOfIndia set to announce the poll dates today at 5 PM. Expect #elections in 7-9 phases. By May end, we will have new government. #LokSabhaElections2019 — AnileshMahajanاَنليش (@anileshmahajan) March 10, 2019 So the constitutional body have woke up now ...tells parties not to use picture of security forces in its ads..thnx god atleast someone is their to stop polticising of forces #ElectionCommissionOfIndia pic.twitter.com/yMi18PyDUx — Punit kumar saini (@Punitkumarsain8) March 10, 2019 As the #ElectionCommission will announce the dates for the upcoming elections this evening, political parties will start the grind in the heat and dust of the Indian Summer. Will be a great fight this time around. @sardesairajdeep #Elections2019 #ElectionCommissionOfIndia — Snehashis Sahoo (@SnehashisSahoo) March 10, 2019 Exam time table aane wala hai #ElectionCommissionOfIndia #Election2019 @BJP4India @INCIndia — Amit Kothiyal?? (@tisamit) March 10, 2019 अच्छे दिन आने वाले हैं ।#ElectionCommissionOfIndia #SixWordStory #Elections2019 #Election2019 — Mohd Nadeem Siddiqui (@nadeemwrites) March 10, 2019 Current Lok Sabha's term expires on June 3. The tenures of four state assemblies--Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim & Arunachal Pradesh--end by June too. Likelihood of these four states going to polls alongside LS elections @NewsHtn#LokSabhaElections2019#ElectionCommissionOfIndia pic.twitter.com/ZCIwsq3mmb — Raghvendra Rao (@raghvendra_rao) March 10, 2019 Team #ElectionCommissionOfIndia. #brothersinarms. — Anubhuti Vishnoi (@anubhutivishnoi) March 10, 2019
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