The Election Commission on Tuesday announced that biennial elections to the Legislative Councils in Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh from 42 local authority constituencies will be held on December 10. The term of the eight sitting members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the constituencies of seven local officials is going to end on January 1 next year, the Election Commission said in a statement.
With regard to the election of constituencies of local authorities, the Commission has laid down guidelines if at least 75 per cent of the local authorities are functioning in the constituency of the local authority, and in addition there are at least 75 per cent of the electorate. If the total electorate of the constituency is available, then the electorate is deemed to be available for election to the representatives of the Legislative Council, it said.
The Election Commission (EC) said that as per the information received from the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Maharashtra, the existence of functioning of the local body is more than 75 per cent in five out of seven local authorities’ constituencies.
The Commission has decided to hold biennial elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the constituencies of five local authorities for six seats, including two in Mumbai. In another statement, the Election Commission said the term of office of 12 sitting members of the Telangana Legislative Council from the constituencies of nine local officials is going to end on January 4 next year.
The Commission has decided to hold biennial elections to the Telangana Legislative Council from the above nine local officers’ constituencies.
In another statement, the Election Commission said the term of the 25 sitting members of the constituencies of 20 local officials of the Karnataka Legislative Council is going to end on January 5 next year. Now, the commission has decided to hold biennial elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council from the constituencies of the above 20 local officials, it said.
The term of office of 11 sitting members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council from constituencies of eight local authorities ended on August 8 this year. The commission re-evaluated the COVID-19 pandemic situation in Andhra Pradesh and taking into account all relevant facts, the biannual elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council from the constituencies of eight local officers are now being held, the statement said. have decided to do.
The Election Commission said that while voting for all the Legislative Council seats will be held on December 10, the counting of votes will take place on December 14. The election process is to be completed by December 16. The comprehensive guidelines on COVID-19 already issued by the Election Commission as well as the recent guidelines issued by it will be followed, wherever applicable, throughout the entire election process for all persons.
The Election Commission said that the model code of conduct related to the said elections will be applicable in the respective constituency with immediate effect. The Chief Secretaries of the states have also been directed to depute a senior officer to ensure that the existing instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are followed while making arrangements for holding the elections.
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