On Wednesday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced new dates for polling in Rajasthan. Earlier, the polling was scheduled to be on November 23, 2023. However, the ECI in a new notification, has re-scheduled the polling to November 25, 2023.
The ECI took this decision considering large scale wedding/social engagement on November 23 (previous date) which may cause inconvenience to large number of people, various logistic issues and may lead to reduced voters participation during poll.
The ECI said in its notification, “Representations have been received in the Commission from various political parties, social organisations and also issues raised in various media platforms for change of date of poll considering large scale wedding/social engagement on that day which may cause inconvenience to large number of people, various logistic issues and may lead to reduced voters participation during poll.”
“The Commission, having considered these factors and representations, has decided to change the date of poll from 23rd November, 2023(Thursday) to 25th November, 2023 (Saturday),” said the notification.
Earlier, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the schedule for the legislative assembly elections in all the five states including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Telangana. Polling in Chhattisgarh will be finished in two phases, i.e., on November 7, 2023 and November 17, 2023, while all other states will observe polling on all seats in a single day. Counting of votes and declaration of results will take place on December 3 for all five states.
