Newdelhi:18/1/18;The terms of the Legislative Assemblies of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura are due to expire as follows:

Meghalaya	06.03.2018
Nagaland	13.03.2018
Tripura	14.03.2018

By virtue of its powers, duties and functions under Article 324 read with Article 172(1) of the Constitution of India and Section 15 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Commission is required to hold general election to constitute the new Legislative Assemblies in the States of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura before expiry of their present terms.

(1)        Assembly Constituencies

The total number of Assembly Constituencies in the State of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura and seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as determined by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assemblies Constituencies Order, 2008, are as under: –

 

State	Total No. of ACs	Reserved for SCs	Reserved for STs
Meghalaya	60	—	55
Nagaland	60	—	59
Tripura	60	10	20

 

 (2)       Electoral Rolls

The Commission firmly believes that pure and updated electoral rolls are the foundation of free, fair and credible election and intensive and sustained focus is laid on improving their quality, heath and fidelity. The Commission, after visiting the poll bound State, had directed the State election machinery to ensure a smooth, effective, inclusive and time-bound completion of Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls with reference to 01.01.2018 as the qualifying date, so as to ensure that all eligible but un-enrolled citizens in the State are duly registered in the Electoral Rolls. Special efforts were made to identify the critical gaps in the electoral rolls and targeted SVEEP activities were carried out to address them.

The existing electoral rolls of all the Assemblies Constituencies in the State of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura have been revised, with reference to 01.01.2018 as the qualifying date. Final publication of electoral rolls in respect of Tripura has been done on 05.01.2018 and final publication in respect of Meghalaya and Nagaland has been done on 10.01.2018. The details of the final publication are available on the ECI website. As per the final electoral roll, the number of electors in the State is as follows:

 

Special  Summary  Revision  of   Electoral  Rolls  w.r.t.  01/01/2018 as  the  qualifying  date
State	Total  No.  of  Electors  as  per  Draft  Rolls	Total  No. of  Electors  as  per  Final Rolls
Meghalaya	17,68,515	18,30,104
Nagaland	11,63,388	11,89,264
Tripura	25,05,997	25,69,216

 

 

(a)   Photo Electoral Rolls

Photo Electoral Rolls (PER) will be used during this General Election and photo percentage in Photo Electoral Rolls of this State is as under:

State	Percentage of PER
Meghalaya	100 %
Nagaland	97.92 %
Tripura	100 %

 

(b)   Electors Photo Identity Cards (EPIC)

Identification of the voters at the polling booth at the time of poll shall be mandatory. Electors who have been provided with EPIC shall be identified through EPIC. Presently, the EPIC coverage in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura is as under:-

 

State	Percentage of EPIC
Meghalaya	100 %
Nagaland	97.92 %
Tripura	100 %

 

All the residual electors are advised to obtain their Elector Photo Identity Cards from the Electoral Registration Officers of their Assembly Constituencies, urgently.

In order to ensure that no voter is deprived of his/her franchise, a separate instructions will be issued to allow additional documents for identification of voters.

 

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Annexure-1

Schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura

 

Poll Events	Tripura (All 60 Assembly Constituencies
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification	24.01.2018 (WED)
Last Date of Nominations	31.01.2018 (WED)
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations	01.02.2018 (THU)
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures	03.02.2018 (SAT)
Date of Polling	18.02.2018 (SUN)
Date of Counting	03.03.2018 (SAT)
Date before which election shall be completed	05.03.2018 (MON)

 

 

 

 

 

Annexure-2

Schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Meghalaya and Nagaland

 

Poll Events	Meghalaya and Nagaland (All 60 Assembly Constituencies of both States)
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification	31.01.2018 (WED)
Last Date of Nominations	07.02.2018 (WED)
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations	08.02.2018 (THU)
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures	12.02.2018 (MON)
Date of Polling	27.02.2018 (TUE)
Date of Counting	03.03.2018 (SAT)
Date before which election shall be completed	05.03.2018 (MON)

 

 

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