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Schedule for bye-elections to fill casual vacancies in the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies
Schedule for Bye-Elections to fill Casual Vacancies in the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies. There are following clear vacancies in Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies of the States mentioned which are required to be filled up
There are following clear vacancies in Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies of the States mentioned which are required to be filled up:
Vacancy in the Lok Sabha
| Sl. No. | State | No. & Name of Parliamentary Constituency |
| 1 | West Bengal | 14-Bangaon (SC) |
Vacancies in Legislative Assemblies
| Sl. No. | State | No. & Name of Assembly Constituency |
| 1 | Arunachal Pradesh | 27-Liromoba (ST) |
| 2 | Goa | 11-Panaji |
| 3 | Tamil Nadu | 139-Srirangam |
| 4 | West Bengal | 88-Krishnaganj (SC) |
| 5 | Maharashtra | 91-Mukhed |
| 6 | Andhra Pradesh | 167-Tirupati |
The Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill these vacancies as per the following schedule:-
| 1. | Issue of Notification | 19.01.2015 (Monday) |
| 2. | Last date of making Nominations | 27.01.2015 (Tuesday) |
| 3. | Scrutiny of Nominations | 28.01.2015 (Wednesday) |
| 4. | Last date for withdrawal of Candidatures | 30.01.2015 (Friday) |
| 5. | Date of Poll | 13.02.2015 (Friday) |
| 6. | Counting of Votes | 16.02.2015 (Monday) |
| 7. | Date before which election shall be completed | 18.02.2015 (Wednesday) |
ELECTORAL ROLL
The electoral rolls of States mentioned above that contained the above Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies have been revised with reference to 01.01.2015 as the qualifying date and have been finally published on 05.01.2015.
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (EVMs)
The Commission has decided to use EVMs in the bye-elections in all the polling stations. Adequate numbers of EVMs have been made available and all steps have been taken to ensure that the polls are conducted smoothly with the help of these machines.
IDENTIFICATION OF VOTERS
The Commission has decided that the voter’s Identification shall be mandatory in the aforementioned bye-elections at the time of poll. Electors Photo Identify Card (EPIC) shall be the main document of identification of a voter. However, in order to ensure that no voter is deprived of his/her franchise, if his/her name figures in the Electoral Rolls, separate instructions will be issued to allow additional documents for identification of voter at the time of poll in the said bye-elections.
MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT
The Model Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in the district(s) in which the whole or any part of the Parliamentary / Assembly Constituency going for bye-elections is included, subject to partial modification as issued vide Commission’s instruction No. 437/INST/2012/CC&BE, dated 26th April, 2012 (available on the Commission’s website). The Model Code of Conduct shall be applicable to all candidates, political parties and the State Governments concerned. The Model Code of Conduct shall also be applicable to the Union Government in respect of the above district(s) of the States concerned.
Election Commission of India
New Delhi
