ECI Team Visits Uttarakhand To Plan Assembly Polls
This is the first round of visit by the ECI team which will be followed by the visit of the full commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Mr Gyanesh Kumar along with two other Election Commissioners, Dr S.S. Sandhu and Mr Vivek Joshi
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has started groundwork for the upcoming assembly polls in Uttarakhand, Manipur, Punjab, Goa and Uttar Pradesh, the five states that will go for polls in early 2027.
A team of senior ECI officials led by deputy election commissioners on Tuesday was in Dehradun to hold meetings with the state administration and the police and take stock of the state of preparedness to hold polls. This is the first round of visit by the ECI team which will be followed by the visit of the full commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Mr Gyanesh Kumar along with two other Election Commissioners, Dr S.S. Sandhu and Mr Vivek Joshi.
The ECI team has started taking stock of preparations and iron out issues. Commission officers will also visit Manipur and Punjab in the coming days followed by Goa and Uttar Pradesh. The team of CEC and two ECs will start visiting these states in November last week.
As part of poll preparation, Uttar Pradesh and Goa have initiated 'first-level checks' (FLC) on electronic voting machines and paper trail units to be used in polling.
The term Uttar Pradesh Assembly ends on May 22 next year, the terms of 60-member Manipur, 40-member Goa, 117-member Punjab and 70-member Uttarakhand assembly end on different dates in March, 2027. Provisions of The Representation of the People Act, 1950 allow the EC to hold polls "earlier than six months before the term expires".
