New Delhi, Jan 08: The Election Commission of India today announced the general election to five Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in the month of February 2022.
The term of the Legislative Assemblies of Goa 16th March, 2017 to 15th March, 2022 40 seats, Manipur 20th March, 2017 to 19th March, 2022 with 60 seats, Punjab 24th March, 2017 to 23th March, 2022 with 117 seats, Uttarakhand 24th March, 2017 to 23th March, 2022 with 70 seats, Uttar Pradesh 15thMay, 2017 to 14th May, 2022 with 403 seats.
The Election Commission of India is committed to conduct free, fair, peaceful, participative, accessible, inclusive and safe election to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh before the cessation of its term.
In exercise of the authority and powers conferred upon under Article 324 read with Article 172 (1) of the Constitution of India and Section 15 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Art 172(1) states clearly that” Every Legislative Assembly of every state, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years.
Assembly Constituencies the total number of Assembly Constituencies in the States of Goa, Manipur, Punjab Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as determined by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008.
State Total No. of ACs Reserved for SCs Reserved for STs Goa 40 and reserved one seat for Schedule Caste, Manipur 60 one reserved for Schedule Caste and 19 Schedule Tribes, Punjab 117 there are 34 reserved for Schedule Caste, Uttarakhand 70 there are 13 seats reserved for Schedule Caste and 2 seats for Schedule tribes in Uttar Pradesh 403 there are 84 sear reserved for Schedule Caste and 2 for Schedule Tribes.
The number of electors in the State of Goa are 11,56,762, Manipur 20,56,901, Punjab 2,13,88,764, Uttarakhand 82,38,187 and Uttar Pradesh 15,05,82,750 and the total number of Electors in the five state are 18,34,23,364.The total number of Electors marked as PwD in the State of Goa 9,643, Manipur 14,651, Punjab 1,44,667, Uttarakhand 68,478 and Uttar Pradesh 10,64,266 6.
