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ECI 2021 Various States Bye-Elections Schedule : Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies

Organisation : Election Commission of India
Announcement : Schedule for Bye-Elections in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies of Various States
Applicable State/UT : Various States
Election Date : 17.04.2021 (Saturday)
Website : https://www.eci.gov.in/

ECI Bye-Elections Schedule

Schedule for Bye-elections in Parliamentary/ Assembly Constituencies of various States

Related / Similar Election : ECI Bye Election to the Council of States from West Bengal

Various States Bye-Elections

The Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill vacancies in Two (2) Parliamentary Constituencies of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and Fourteen (14) vacancies in Assembly Constituencies of various States as per details given below:

Sl. No.

State

Constituency No. & Name 

1.    

Andhra Pradesh

23-Tirupati (SC)

2.    

Karnataka

2-Belgaum

 

Sl. No.

State

Constituency No. & Name

 

1.    

Gujarat

125– Morva Hadaf (ST)

2.    

Jharkhand

13-Madhupur

3.    

Karnataka

47-Basavakalyan

4.    

Karnataka

59–Maski (ST)

5.    

Madhya Pradesh

55-Damoh

6.    

Maharashtra

252-Pandharpur

7.    

Mizoram

26-Serchhip (ST)

8.    

Nagaland

51-Noksen (ST)

9.    

Odisha

110-Pipili

10.      

Rajasthan

179- Sahara

11.      

Rajasthan

24-Sujangarh (SC)

12.      

Rajasthan

175-Rajsamand

13.      

Telangana

87-Nagarjuna Sagar

14.      

Uttarakhand

49-Salt

Bye-Elections Schedule

Poll Events

Date and Day

Date of Issue of Gazette Notification

23.03.2021 (Tuesday)

Last Date of Nominations

30.03.2021 (Tuesday)

Date for Scrutiny of Nominations

31.03.2021 (Wednesday)

Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures

03.04.2021 (Saturday)

Date of Poll

17.04.2021 (Saturday)

Date of Counting

02.05.2021 (Sunday)

Date before which election shall be completed

04.05.2021 (Tuesday)

Electoral Roll

The Electoral Rolls for the aforesaid Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies w.r.t 01.01.2021 as the qualifying date has been finally published.

Electronic Voting Machines

The Commission has decided to use EVMs and VVPATs in these bye-election in all polling stations. Adequate numbers of EVMs and VVPATs 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

In continuance to the existing practice, the voter’s identification shall be mandatory in the aforementioned election at the time of poll. Electoral Photo Identity Cards (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, following alternate identity documents are also prescribed:

** Aadhar Card,
** MNREGA Job Card,
** Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office,
** Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour,
** Driving License,
** PAN Card,
** Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR,
** Indian Passport,
** Pension document with photograph,
** Service Identity Cards with photograph issued to employees by Central/State Govt./PSUs/Public Limited Companies, and
** Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs.

Model Code of Conduct

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 election is included, subject to partial modification as issued vide Commission’ s instruction No. 437/6/1NST/2016-CCS, dated 29th June, 2017 (available on the commission’s website https://eci.gov.in/ (copy enclosed).

The Model code of conduct shall be applicable to all candidates, political parties and the State government concerned. The Model Code of Conduct shall also be applicable to the Union Government also.

Voter Information Slips (VIS)

To facilitate the voter to know the serial number of electoral roll of his/her polling station, date of poll, time etc., the Commission vide letter dated 26.02.2021, has decided to issue ‘Voter Information Slip’ to the voters in place of Photo Voter Slip.

Voter Information Slip will include information like Polling Station, Date, Time etc. but not the photograph of the voter. Voter Information Slip will be distributed at least 5 days before the date of poll to all enrolled electors, by the District Election Officer.

However, Voter Information Slip will not be allowed as proof of identity of voters. It may be recalled that the Commission had discontinued Photo Voter Slips as an identity proof with effect from 28th February, 2019.

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