In the first phase of the Bihar election, 71 assembly constituencies in 16 districts will vote. Your support for our journalism is invaluable. Last week, the Election Commission of India had announced the dates for the Bihar election. He said that chief secretaries and chief electoral officers, especially from southern India, had requested a postponement of by-elections because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Ltd. All rights reserved. The upper caste dominated Buxar seat has been a BJP stronghold, represented thrice by Sukhda Pandey, an articulate university professor and leader. To enable wide dissemination of news that is in public interest, we have increased the number of articles that can be read free, and extended free trial periods. Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal had in a written reply told the Rajya Sabha this week that the NEET figures were still being calculated. Announcing the poll schedule at a press conference here, Arora said the number of phases for 243-member Bihar assembly polls has been reduced keeping in mind security arrangements and festive season, among other factors.
“After my retirement from services everyone has hope that I’ll contest the assembly poll this time but I’m not contesting the election…there is no need to be desperate and to feel let down..have patience…my life has been fraught with struggle and I’ll keep serving people..please don’t call me as I’m disturbed with phone calls of my well-wishers,” Mr. Pandey said in the post. Voters will be provided gloves at the booths — and masks too, if necessary. The stats for Bihar could not be ascertained. The best of journalism is shrinking, yielding to crude prime-time spectacle. "The world has changed significantly since the last major election in our country, which was held for Delhi assembly, and the COVID-19 pandemic has forced a new normal in every aspect of our life. Whether you live in India or overseas, you can do it here. Although the Bihar Assembly’s term expires on November 29, Opposition parties had requested the poll panel for a deferred election. "Bihar assembly …
New Delhi, 05: The three phase Bihar Assembly Election 2020 would begin on October 8. The booths will be located only on ground floors for the convenience of the disabled and the elderly. Voters will be provided gloves at the booths — and masks too, if necessary. Bihar will witness three-phase Assembly elections from October 28 to November 7, the Election Commission announced on Friday, with the counting coinciding with the IPL final on November 10. To improve physical distancing, the number of polling stations has been increased by almost 63 per cent — from 65,367 in 2015 to 106,526 — and the upper limit of voters per polling station has been lowered from 1,500 to 1,000. Bihar Assembly holds a strength of 243 members of which 38 seats are reserved for SCs and two for STs," said Arora. Bihar Assembly election | Six parties form a new front with RSLP’s Kushwaha as CM candidate Amarnath Tewary Patna: , October 08, 2020 20:04 IST Updated: October 08, … Bihar three-phase Assembly elections from October 28. Copyright © 2020 Printline Media Pvt. The Election Commission of India on Friday announced the election schedule for Bihar Assembly. The number of people accompanying a candidate for submission of nomination has been restricted to two, while door-to-door campaign can have maximum five people including the candidate. Bihar Assembly polls | Party ticket eludes ex-Bihar police chief Gupteshwar Pandey for second time Amarnath Tewary Patna:, October 08, 2020 … Bihar Assembly polls | Party ticket eludes ex-Bihar police chief Gupteshwar Pandey for second time, Watch | 2020 Chemistry Nobel for developing CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors, U.P. This appears to be falling by at least 62 seats, if not more. An official said the postal ballot facility for Covid-19 patients would be different from the one used by voters from the services, whose ballots are indeed sent by post to the poll authorities.
The results will be declared on 10 November, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said at a press conference. New Delhi, 05: The three phase Bihar Assembly Election 2020 would begin on October 8.
The notification for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections would be issued on October 1, while last date of nominations would be October 8 and withdrawal of candidature can be done till October 12. Sustaining journalism of this quality needs smart and thinking people like you to pay for it. Is it unethical?”.
Asked about this, chief election commissioner Sunil Arora shot back: “Will the disease spread more in three phases or seven phases?”. Arora had a word of caution for social media platforms.
On bypolls for one Lok Sabha seat and 64 assembly constituencies, Arora said the Election Commission will take a decision after a meeting on September 29 where issues raised by some states on timing of polls would be discussed and a press release should be issued subsequently the same evening.
After a Covid-19 patient willing to use the option fills in a form, an official will carry the ballot to the voter’s home, video-graph the voting to ensure transparency, and bring it back. The results will be declared on 10 November, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said at a press conference. Elaborate Covid-19 safety measures will be adopted for polling staff, the commission said, with arrangements made for 7 lakh hand-sanitiser containers, 46 lakh masks, 6 lakh PPE kits, 6.7 lakh face shields and 23 lakh pairs of gloves. "The world has changed significantly since the last major election in our country, which was held for Delhi assembly, and the COVID-19 pandemic has forced a new normal in every aspect of our life.
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) Friday announced that elections for 243 assembly seats in Bihar, the first amid the Covid-19 pandemic, will take place in three phases on 28 October, 3 November and 7 November. Later, after joining the JD(U) at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s official residence, in the presence of Mr. Kumar and other senior party leaders, he had said that he would contest the upcoming Assembly poll to “serve people”. Last week, the Election Commission of India had announced the dates for the Bihar election. Covid-positive voters can vote during the extra one hour, separately, Arora said. Arora said he and the two other election commissioners would visit Bihar on September 30 and 31 after the September 29 declaration of by-election dates in several states. We also reiterate here the promise that our team of reporters, copy editors, fact-checkers, designers, and photographers will deliver quality journalism that stays away from vested interest and political propaganda.
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Separate guidelines will be issued for polling in containment zones, Arora said. Some 7.2 crore single-use gloves have also been arranged to ensure the voters don’t get infected while using the electronic voting machines and signing the polling station registers. Bihar has 243 Assembly seats. We have been keeping you up-to-date with information on the developments in India and the world that have a bearing on our health and wellbeing, our lives and livelihoods, during these difficult times. Social distancing norms will need to be followed at public gatherings during the poll campaign.