ECI Schedule for General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Haryana & Jammu and Kashmir 2024

Organisation : Election Commission of India ECI
Announcement : Schedule for General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Haryana & Jammu and Kashmir 2024
Applicable State/UT : Haryana & Jammu and Kashmir
Website : https://www.eci.gov.in/

General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Haryana & Jammu and Kashmir

The term and strength along with seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the Assembly Constituencies of Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, as determined by the Delimitation Order, are as under:
Name of State/UT : Haryana
Term of Assembly : 04.11.2019 to 03.11.2024
Total No. of AC Seats : 90
Reserved for SCs : 17
Reserved for STs : 0

Name of State/UT : Jammu And Kashmir
Term of Assembly : —
Total No. of AC Seats : 90
Reserved for SCs : 07
Reserved for STs : 09

Schedule for the General Election of Haryana

Date of Issue of Gazette Notification 05.09.2024 (Thursday)
Last Date of making nominations 12.09.2024 (Thursday)
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations 13.09.2024 (Friday)
Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures 16.09.2024 (Monday)
Date of Poll 01.10.2024 (Tuesday)
Date of Counting 04.10.2024 (Friday)
Date before which election shall be completed 06.10.2024 (Sunday)

Electoral Rolls of Jammu and Kashmir & Haryana

** The Commission firmly believes that pure and updated electoral rolls are the foundation of free, fair and credible election. Hence, intensive and sustained focus is placed upon improving its quality, health and fidelity.
** After the amendment in the Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 by the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021, there is a provision of four qualifying dates to enroll as a voter in a year.
** Accordingly, Commission has conducted the Special Summary Revision of Electoral Roll in Haryana, and Jammu and Kashmir with reference to 01.07.2024, as the qualifying date.
** After time-bound completion of Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls with reference to 01.07.2024 as the qualifying date, the final publication of electoral roll is to be done on 20.08.2024 and 27.08.2024 in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana respectively.

** As per latest data of electoral roll, the number of electors in the State/UT of Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir is:
Name of State/UT : HARYANA
No. of General Electors : 2,01,90,184
No. of Service Voters : 1,10,071
Total No. of electors as per electoral rolls : 2,03,00,255

Name of State/UT : JAMMU AND KASHMIR
No. of General Electors : 87,90,870
No. of Service Voters : 75,834
Total No. of electors as per electoral rolls : 88,66,704

Polling Stations of Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana

(i) Maximum No. of electors in Polling Station :
There shall be maximum 1500 electors in a polling station. The changes in the number of Polling Stations in the State are as follows:
Name of State/UT : HARYANA
No. of Polling Stations in 2019 : 19442
No. of Polling Stations in 2024 : 20629

Name of State/UT : JAMMU AND KASHMIR
No. of Polling Stations in 2019 : 10,757
No. of Polling Stations in 2024 : 11838

Identification of Voters at Polling Stations:
For identification of voters at Polling Station, the Voter shall present his EPIC or any of the following identification documents approved by the Commission
i. Aadhaar Card,
ii. MGNREGA Job Card,
iii. Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office,
iv. Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour,
v. Driving License,
vi. PAN Card,
vii.Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR,
viii.Indian Passport,
ix. Pension document with photograph,
x. Service Identity Cards with photograph issued to employees by Central/State Govt./PSUs/Public Limited Companies, and
xi. Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs and
xii.Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card, M/o Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.

Detailed Notification Download here : https://www.electionin.in/uploads/pdf2024/10372-e.pdf