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It has been a clear and consistent policy of the Election Commission that the bye elections shall be held at the earliest possible opportunity in order to ensure that no segment of the Indian people are left unrepresented for unnecessary length of time. There are 2 (two) clear vacancies in the Lok Sabha and 1 (one) clear vacancy in the State Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra as follows: -
A- VACANCIES IN THE LOK SABHA
Sl.No.
Name of State
Number and name of Constituency
Date of Vacancy
1.
Kerala
20-Trivandrum P.C.
12.07.05
2.
Maharashtra
8-Mumbai North West P.C.
25.05.05
B. VACANCY IN STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Sl.No.
Name of State
Number and name of Constituency
Date of Vacancy
1.
Maharashtra
3-Malwan A.C.
23.07.05
These are clear vacancies, which are not subject to any election petition or appeal pending in any court and the remaining tenure of the Lok Sabha/State Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra is more than one year.
The schedule for these bye-elections shall be as follows: -
Programme Schedule
1. Announcement
05.10.05
(Wednesday)
2. Issue of Notification
22.10.05
(Saturday)
3. Last date of making Nominations
29.10.05
(Saturday)
4. Scrutiny of Nominations
31.10.05
(Monday)
5. Last date for withdrawal of candidature
02.11.05
(Wednesday)
6. Date of Poll
19.11.05
(Saturday)
7. Counting of votes
22.11.05
(Tuesday)
8. Date before which election shall be completed
23.11.05
(Wednesday)
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES
The Commission has decided to use EVMs in all these bye-elections in all the polling stations. Adequate numbers of EVMs have been made available to these states and all steps have been taken to ensure that the poll is conducted smoothly with the help of these machines.
IDENTIFICATION OF VOTERS
In consonance with the past practice, the Commission has decided that the voter’s identification shall be mandatory in the aforementioned bye-elections at the time of poll. In order to ensure that no voter is deprived of his/her franchise, if his/her name figures in the Electoral Rolls, separate instructions will be issued to allow additional documents for identification of voters at the time of poll in the aforementioned bye-elections.
MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT
The Model Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediate effect i.e., 5th October, 2005, in the districts in which the whole or a part of any Lok Sabha/Assembly Constituency going for Bye-election is included. The Model Code of Conduct shall be applicable to all Political Parties and both the State Governments. The Model Code of Conduct shall also be applicable to the Union Government as far as two states are concerned.
Election Commission of India
New Delhi, Asvina 13, 1927
October 5, 2005
RM/AMA- 051005 Bye-elections
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