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Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

The terms of the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will expire as follows:

Goa 14.06.2012
Manipur 15.03.2012
Punjab 14.03.2012
Uttar Pradesh 20.05.2012
Uttarakhand 12.03.2012

As per the established practice, the Election Commission holds the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of the States whose terms expire around the same time, together. By virtue of its powers, duties and functions under Article 324 read with Article 172(1) of the Constitution of India, Section 15 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Commission is required to hold elections to constitute the new Legislative Assemblies in
the s a i d States of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand before expiry of their present terms.


ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES
The total number of Assembly Constituencies in the States of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and the seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as determined by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, are as under:

State Total No. of ACs Reserved for SC Reserved for ST

Goa 40 1 -
Manipur 60 1 19
Punjab 117 34 -
Uttar Pradesh 403 85 -
Uttarakhand 70 13 2

ELECTORAL ROLLS
The electoral rolls of all the existing Assembly Constituencies in the States
of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are being revised, with
reference to 01.01.2012 as the qualifying date, and shall be finally published on
02.01.2012. As per the draft publication of electoral rolls, the number of electors
in these States were as follows:-

State Total No. of Electors as per draft publication

Goa 1011673
Manipur 1677270
Punjab 17433408
Uttar Pradesh 111916689
Uttarakhand 5740148

PHOTO ELECTORAL ROLLS

Photo electoral rolls will be used during the forthcoming general elections.
Photo percentages in Photo electoral rolls of these States are as follows:

Goa 100
Manipur 97.29
Punjab 99.50
Uttar Pradesh 98
Uttarakhand 99.6

Identification of Voters and Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC)

Identification of the voters at the polling booth at the time of poll shall be
mandatory. Electors who have been provided with EPIC shall be identified
through EPIC only.

As mentioned above, presently, the EPIC coverage in the poll going States is:
Goa 98.06
Manipur 87.2
Punjab 99.66
Uttar Pradesh 98.5
Uttarakhand 99.8

All the residual electors are advised to obtain their Electoral Photo Identity
Cards from the Electoral Registration Officers of their Assembly Constituency
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 voters, if needed.

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