ECI to announce Assembly polls for 5 states in Jan

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to announce the schedule for Assembly elections in five states in the first half of January, according to sources. Assembly elections are due in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa.

The announcement is expected to come after the visits of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the two Election Commissioners to all five poll-bound states. The full bench of the Election Commission is likely to begin its visits in the last week of November or sometime in December, the sources said.

The dates for the visits of the three Election Commissioners will be finalised only after the completion of the DEC-level visits to all five states. The Election Commission’s DEC-level teams are expected to complete their visits by the end of November. The DEC-level visits to Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur have already been completed. In Uttar Pradesh, one visit has taken place, while two more visits by DEC-level teams are scheduled. The DEC-level team’s visit to Goa is yet to take place.

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