Poll process at 14,000 booths in MP to be webcast: CEC OP Rawat
Nov 15, 2018, 04:48 PM ISTMP Polls 2018: CEC said some political parties suggested that recounting should be conducted by default if the victory margin is less than one thousand.
MP Polls 2018: CEC said some political parties suggested that recounting should be conducted by default if the victory margin is less than one thousand.
Assembly elections will be held in the state on November 28.
Rawat also unveiled Voter Accessibility App for the persons with disabilities Abled (VAADA- a promise) and distributed voter ID cards to the physically challenged.
According to EC, in Mizoram too, there are more than 77 thousand new voters.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Google will establish a system that will allow it to share with the EC details about the expenditure incurred on its platforms.
In total there are 51,796 poll centres in Rajasthan.
He also added that clean elections are like a “well spring of legitimacy” for the leadership and the people of the country and if this was contaminated by such issues, the common man becomes “cynical” about the entire system, which is an area of concern.
Elections can be held in January or February in Telangana which has time upto March 5, 2019 for constitution of the new Assembly, he said.
Earlier in the day, the Election Commission had convened an all-party meeting. The agenda was to discuss preparations for the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: For holding simultaneous polls, a legal framework is needed to be in place, he said.
Meanwhile, exclusion of names of family members in the final draft of the NRC published in Assam on Monday has emerged as a major concern for many among the over 40 lakh applicants whose names do not figure in it.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: The Law Commission invited all the national and recognised state political parties to hold consultations on July 7-8 on the practicality of conducting simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and state legislatures.
Rawat pointed out that the utilisation of social media cannot be stopped due to instances of “aberrations”.
Political parties made their suggestion that examination schedule and other things should be kept in mind before announcing the election, Rawat told media persons.
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