Press Note -: Schedule for bye-elections to fill the casual vacancies in the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Manipur and Tamil Nadu
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Schedule for bye-elections to fill the casual vacancies in the  Legislative Assemblies of  Andhra Pradesh, Manipur and Tamil Nadu            There are casual vacancies in the State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Manipur and Tamil Nadu  which need to be filled up early. After taking into consideration various factors like requirement of police forces, festivities, position of electoral rolls, etc., the Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill up the casual vacancies in the above State Legislative Assemblies as indicated below: - Sl. No. Name of State Number and Name of Assembly Constituency   1. Andhra Pradesh 248-Pulivendla   2. Manipur 14-Yaiskul   3. Tamil Nadu 225-Tiruchendur 51-Wandiwash (SC)              The Programme to hold the said bye-elections shall be as under:   Event Date 1.  Issue of Notification 25.11.09 (Wed) 2.  Last date of making Nominations 02.12.09 (Wed) 3. Scrutiny of Nominations 03.12.09 (Thur) 4.Last date for withdrawal of Candidatures 05.12.09 (Sat) 5. Date of Poll 19.12.09 (Sat) 6. Counting of Votes 23.12.09 (Wed) 7. Date before which election shall be   completed 31.12.09 (Thur)   ELECTORAL ROLL The electoral rolls with reference to 1.1.2009 as the qualifying date as per pre-delimitation order in Tamil Nadu have been revised and published.  The general election to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh was held on post delimitation basis with electoral rolls revised with reference to 1.1.2009 as the qualifying date. Hence, there is no need to revise electoral rolls further and the bye-election shall be held on post delimitation basis in the State.  No delimitation has been carried out in the State of Manipur.  However, the rolls have been revised with reference to 1.1.2009 as the qualifying date.    ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES (EVMs)          The Commission has decided to use EVMs in these bye-elections in all the polling stations. Adequate numbers of EVMs have been made available and all steps have been taken to ensure that the poll is conducted smoothly with the help of these machines.   IDENTITIFICATION OF VOTERS In consonance with the past practice, the Commission has decided that the voter’s identification shall be mandatory in the aforementioned bye-elections at the time of poll. 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 at the time of poll in these bye-elections.   MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT The Model Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in the district (s) in which the whole or any part of the Assembly Constituency going for bye-election is (are) included.  The Model Code of Conduct shall be applicable to all candidates, political parties and the State Government. The Model Code of Conduct shall also be applicable to the Union Government as far as these States are concerned.     Election Commission of India New Delhi, 20th November, 2009 *********   RM/