All You Need to Know About the 5 State Assembly Elections in 2018
Here’s all you need to know about the upcoming Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, MP, Mizoram & Telangana
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Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Saturday, 6 October, announced the dates of the Assembly elections to be held in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram.
Here’s all you need to know about it:
The Assembly election in Chhattisgarh would be held in two phases – on 12 and 20 November.
Phase-I will see elections in 18 constituencies on 12 November, while Phase-II will see elections in 72 constituencies on 20 November.
Madhya Pradesh, with 200 seats, will go to polls on 28 November. The state of Mizoram that has 40 seats will also vote on the same day.
The state of Rajasthan with 200 seats, will be going to polls on 7 December, along with Telangana that has 119 seats.
The model code of conduct in four states – Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram – will come into effect from today.
Counting of votes will be held across all the five states on December 11.
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