It was expected that the Election Commission will announce the assembly elections date today and hence, the Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced.
The Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur will be held between February 4 and March, 8.
At a press conference, Zaidi said that the results of elections from all five states will be known on March 11. The Polling in Goa and Punjab will take place on February 4, Uttarakhand will vote on February 15 and Manipur in two phases on March 4 and 8.
The country’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh will go to the polls in seven phases: February 11, 15, 19, 23 and 27 and March 4 and 8.
This will be the single biggest electoral exercise since the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and will involve a total of 690 constituencies, 403 of them in Uttar Pradesh alone. Goa has 40 seats, Punjab 117, Manipur 60 and Uttarakhand has 70 seats.
--with agency inputs
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