Maharashtra and Haryana would go to polls on 15th October in a single phase and election results would be declared on 19th October
Maharashtra and Haryana are set to go to polls on 15th October as per the legislative assembly election schedule announced by the Election Commission. Bye-elections in Beed constituency in Maharashtra, Kanubari on Arunachal Pradesh, Hiyanglam in Manipur, Northern Angami-II AC in Nagaland, Rajkot in Gujarat, Kairana in Uttar Pradesh and Kandlamal in Odisha would also be held on 15th October.
Chief Election Commissioner, VS Sampath, said both the states will go to polls on 15th October in single phase and votes would be counted on 19 October 2014.
With the EC announcement, the model code of conduct has come into force with immediate effect. There are 288 seats in Maharashtra and 90 seats in Haryana up for grabs.
Talking about the paid news phenomenon, the Commission said, it has laid out a mechanism with three tier of media certification and monitoring committees (MCMCs) at district, state and EC level.
Complaint redressal mechanism – Call Center and Website based
The EC said, all poll going States shall have a complaint redressal mechanism based on website and call center. The number of call center is 1950, which is a toll free number. The URL of the complaint registration website will be announced for each State by the respective Chief Electoral Officer separately.
"Complaints can be registered by making calls to the toll free call center numbers or on the web site. Action will be taken within time limit on all complaints. Complainants will also be informed of the action taken by SMS and by the call center. Complainants can also see the details of the action taken on their complaints on the website," it said in a statement.
IMPORTANT DATES
Notification: 20 September 2014
Last date of filing nominations: 27 September 2014
Last date to withdraw nomination: 1 October 2014
Polling: 15 October 2014
Counting of votes: 19 October 2014
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