Election Commission to announces Karnataka assembly election schedule; Voting to take place on May 10
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29 March, 2023 12:05 pm IST
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced the schedule of the Karnataka assembly election due in May this year.
Voting for the Karnataka assembly elections will take place on the 10th of May in a single phase. The counting of votes will be held on 13th May. The term of the 224-member Karnataka Assembly will end on May 24.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said the commission is committed to holding free and fair elections in Karnataka, and preparations are almost completed, He said the Commission, this time, laid a special focus on young voters, women, transgenders and vulnerable tribal groups.
The Congress party has been holding aggressive campaign against the ruling BJP alleging massive corruption while the saffron party recently untook 'Vijay Sankalp Yatra' across the state.
On Saturday, the Congress party announced its first list of 124 candidates for the Karnataka Assembly elections, with former chief minister Siddaramaiah fielded from the Varuna constituency in Mysuru, replacing his son and sitting MLA Yathindra.
Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar has been fielded from Kanakapura assembly constituency, with the first list mostly containing the party’s sitting seats and the constituencies for which only one name was recommended by the state unit.
Janata Dal-Secular, another major force in the southern state, has also announced the names of candidates for 93 constituencies. Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday announced that JD-S government would provide 50 per cent subsidy on cooking gas cylinders if it is voted to power.
As per the Election Commission, the gazetted notification will be issued on 13th April. The last date of filing nominations is the 20th of April. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on 21st April, whereas the last date of withdrawal of candidature is 24th of April.
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