{"id":29433,"date":"2017-10-12T19:20:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=29433"},"modified":"2017-10-12T19:24:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:54:04","slug":"himachal-pradesh-election-nov-9-counting-dec-18-gujarat-dates-announced-later-ec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/latest-news\/himachal-pradesh-election-nov-9-counting-dec-18-gujarat-dates-announced-later-ec\/","title":{"rendered":"Himachal Pradesh election on Nov 9, counting on Dec 18; Gujarat dates to be announced later: EC"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]CEC Jyoti said that the Gujarat Assembly elections will be held prior to December 18, to help enable simultaneous counting in both the states. Himachal Pradesh Assembly election will be held on 9 November, the Election Commission (EC) announced on Thursday, adding dates for election to BJP-governed Gujarat\u2019s Assembly will be announced later.<\/p>\n The EC said that the voting for the 68-seat state assembly will be held in a single phase on November 9 and the counting of votes will held on December 18, 2017.<\/p>\n Making the announcement, Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti, accompanied by Election Commissioners Om Prakash Rawat and Sunil Arora said that the voting will be conducted using the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with voter-verified paper audit trial (VVPAT). The EC said that the model code of conduct comes into effect immediately.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n “We will have VVPATs along with EVMs. The height of voting compartments will be increased to 30 inches. Increased the size of the screen on VVPAT machines to 10 cm by 5.6 cm for the voters to able to verify their vote easily,” CEC A K Jyoti said.<\/p>\n Contrary to speculation, the commission has not declared the poll dates for the Gujarat Assembly election. Stating that the elections for Gujarat will be held later, CEC Jyoti said that the election will be held prior to December 18, to help enable simultaneous counting in both the states, so that the voting pattern of one region shouldn\u2019t affect the voting of another.<\/p>\n As reporters persisted for reasons behind not announcing dates for Gujarat polls, and if it was because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a>‘s rally next week in Gandhinagar, Jyoti said that was not the case. “The Gujarat chief secretary wrote to us, saying due to unprecedented floods in the state, the relief work hasn’t been done and the state wanted time for that,” he said, reported NDTV.<\/p>\n
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