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The suspense is finally over. Himachal Pradesh will go to polls on November 12 to elect its next government and the results will be declared on December 8, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Friday.
As per ANI report, The ECI did not announce the dates of the Gujarat Assembly polls which were also expected to be held by the end of this year. The ECI held a press conference for the election schedule announcement of Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh on Friday. “We are committed to conducting free and fair elections,” says EC commissioner at the press conference.
We are making efforts to increase the participation of people in elections and we also try to manifest women empowerment through elections, he added.
The term of the Gujarat Assembly ends on February 18, 2023 while the term of the Himachal House will end on January 8, 2023.
n the 182-seated Gujarat Assembly, there are 111 BJP and 62 Congress MLAs.
Last month, the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey visited Gujarat and Himachal to review poll preparedness.
We have zero tolerance towards the distribution of any kind of inducement to voters. GST will look at e-way & goods going to poll-bound state & neighbouring states. Airports will keep a strict watch so that no unscheduled flight goes unchecked, CEC Rajiv Kumar, was quoted as saying by ANI
