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Assembly election 2017 dates: All you need to know

The Election Commission announced the dates for the assembly election in 5 states - UP, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand.

The Election Commission on January 4 announced the dates for the upcoming state assembly polls in five states for a total of 690 Assembly seats. Goa will have a one-phase election, Manipur will have two phases and the largest state Uttar Pradesh Assembly will host elections in seven phases.

Limit for the candidate for expenditure in the election in UP, Punjab and Uttrakhand has been fixed as Rs 28 lakh and for Goa, Manipur it would be Rs 20 lakh, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said.

 – Uttar Pradesh: Total Seats – 403

Poll dates:

 – Phase 1 – February 11, 2017, 73 Constituencies

Districts: Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Hapur, Bulandshahar, Aligarh, Mathura, Hathras, Agra, Firozabad, Etah, Kasganj

Notification January 17, 2017

Last date of nominationsJanuary 24, 2017

Scrutiny of nominationsJanuary 25, 2017

Last date for withdrawal of nominationsJanuary 27, 2017

 – Phase 2 – February 15, 2017, 67 Constituencies

Districts: Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Bareilly, Amroha, Pilibhit, Kheri, Shahjahanpur, Badaun

NotificationJanuary 20, 2017

Last date of nominations January 27, 2017

Scrutiny of nominations January 28, 2017

Last date for withdrawal of nominations January 30, 2017

 – Phase 3 – February 19, 2017, 69 Constituencies

Districts: Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Unnao, Lucknow, Barabanki, Sitapur

NotificationJanuary 24, 2017

Last date of nominations January 31, 2017

Scrutiny of nominationsFebruary 2, 2017

Last date for withdrawal of nominations February 04, 2017

Phase 4– February 23, 2017, 53 Constituencies

Districts: Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur, Rae Bareli

Notification: January 30, 2017

Last date of nominations February 2, 2017

Scrutiny of nominations February 7, 2017

Last date for withdrawal of nominations February 9, 2017

Phase 5 – February 27, 2017, 52 Constituencies

Districts: Balrampur, Gonda, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Sidhharthnagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Amethi, Sultanpur

Notification: February 2, 2017

Last date of nominations February 9, 2017

Scrutiny of nominations February 11, 2017

Last date for withdrawal of nominations February 13, 2017

Phase 6 – March 4, 2017, 49 Constituencies

Districts: Maharajganj, Kushi Nagar, Gorakhpur, Deoria, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia

Notification: February 8, 2017

Last date of nominations February 15, 2017

Scrutiny of nominations February 16, 2017

Last date for withdrawal of nominations February 18, 2017

Phase 7 – March 8, 2017, 40 Constituencies

Districts: Ghazipur, Varanasi, Chandauli, Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Sonbhadra, Jaunpur

Notification: February 11, 2017

Last date of nominations February 18, 2017

Scrutiny of nominations February 20, 2017

Last date for withdrawal of nominations February 22, 2017

Key players: Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Bhartiya Janata Party, Congress

Key Leaders: Akhilesh Yadav, Azam Khan, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sheila Dixit

 

 – Goa: Total Seats – 40

Poll dates: February 4, 2017

NotificationJanuary 11, 2017

Last date of nominationsJanuary 18, 2017

Scrutiny of nominationsJanuary 19, 2017

Last date for withdrawal of nominationsJanuary 21, 2017

Key players: Bhartiya Janata Party, Congress, Aam Admi Party

Key Leaders: Manohar Parrikar, Lakshmikant Parsekar, Alves Gomes

 

 – Manipur: Total Seats – 60

Poll dates: Phase 1– March 4, 2017

Date of notification – February 8, 2017

Last date of making nominations – February 15, 2017

Completion of scrutiny of nominations February 16, 2017

Withdrawal of candidature February 18, 2017

Phase 2 – March 8, 2017

Date of notification February 11, 2017

Last date of making nominations February 18, 2017

Completion of scrutiny of nominations February 20, 2017

Withdrawal of candidature February 22, 2017

Date of polling March 8, 2017

Key players: Congress, Bhartiya Janata Party, People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA)

Key Leaders: Irom Sharmila, Ibobi Singh

 

– Punjab: Total Seats – 117

Poll dates: February 4, 2017

NotificationJanuary 11, 2017

Number of Constituencies – 117

Last date of nominationsJanuary 18, 2017

Scrutiny of nominationsJanuary 19, 2017

Last date for withdrawal of nominationsJanuary 21, 2017.

Key players: Bhartiya Janata Party, Congress, Aam Admi Party, Siromani Akali Dal

Key Leaders: Sukhbeer Badal, Prakash Singh Badal, Captain Amrinder Singh, Bhagwant Maan

 

 – Uttarakhand: Total Seats – 70

Poll dates: February 15, 2017

NotificationJanuary 20, 2017

Last date of nominationsJanuary 27, 2017

Scrutiny of nominationsJanuary 28, 2017

Last date for withdrawal of nominationsJanuary 30, 2017.

Elections will be held on February 15, 2017 – In single phase.

Key players: Bhartiya Janata Party, Congress

Key Leaders: Harish Rawat, Vijay Bahuguna

 

Counting Of Votes: March 11, 2017