The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates for assembly elections in five states on Monday, but did not announce a date for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said the ECI will inform about holding Assembly polls in J&K at the “right time” keeping in view the security and other elections due in the Union Territory.
The ECI announced the following schedule for assembly polls in the five states:
- Mizoram: November 7, 2023
- Chhattisgarh: November 7, 2023 and November 17, 2023 (two phases)
- Madhya Pradesh: November 17, 2023
- Rajasthan: November 23, 2023
- Telangana: November 30, 2023
The counting of votes will take place on December 3, 2023 in all the states.
J&K has been under president’s rule since August 5, 2019, when the central government scrapped Article 370 and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
