Election Date Announcement LIVE: ECI to announce assembly polls schedule today

Maharashtra Election Date Announcement LIVE: JKNC vice president Omar Abdullah said that it’s uncertain whether the Election Commission will announce dates for elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

“We don’t know that for sure (if dates will be announced for J&K too). That’s speculation. We hope that they are announcing dates for J&K. But in the past also we have expected an announcement and one hasn’t been forthcoming. J&K has been without an elected assembly since 2018. This is perhaps the longest period without an elected government in J&K. So, we hope that the ECI will use today’s opportunity to announce early elections in J&K, in keeping with what the Supreme Court of India has said because this is as per their guideline, their directives.”

Maharashtra Election Date Announcement LIVE: An Election Commission team led by chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar held a review meeting on Monday with Haryana officials to assess the state’s preparedness for the upcoming assembly elections.

The ECI team included election commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.

Maharashtra Election Date Announcement LIVE: After the 2019 elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with 40 seats in the 90-member assembly, formed a coalition government with Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), which had secured 10 seats, while the Congress won 31 seats. However, the BJP-JJP alliance broke earlier this year.

In 2024, Haryana is likely to see a four-way contest between the BJP, Congress, JJP, and Aam Adami Party (AAP).

Maharashtra Election Date Announcement LIVE: The term of the current Haryana government is set to end on November 3. Elections will be held for 90 legislative assembly constituencies in the state.

Maharashtra Election Date Announcement LIVE: Jammu and Kashmir are set to hold elections for the first time in ten years. The last assembly election took place in 2014. The state has been without an elected government since June 2018, when the PDP-BJP coalition collapsed after the BJP withdrew its support from then-Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.

Read in detail: Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections: What happened in 2014 polls? A recap of events

Maharashtra Election Date Announcement LIVE: A delegation from the Election Commission, led by chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar, reviewed poll preparations in Jammu and Kashmir. During a press conference in Jammu, Kumar emphasised that the commission is committed to holding elections there “at the earliest.”

Maharashtra Election Date Announcement LIVE: In December last year, the Supreme Court directed the central government to complete the election process in J&K union erritory by September 30, 2024.

Maharashtra Election Date Announcement LIVE: : The Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the schedule for assembly elections on Friday at around 3 pm.