The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. In a post on X, the poll panel said a press conference to announce the schedule for Lok Sabha elections and some state assemblies will be held at 3 pm on Saturday.
The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 16 and a new House has to be constituted before that. The term of the assemblies in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha is coming to an end on various dates in June.
The announcement comes soon after the two new election commissioners assumed charge on Friday.Welcoming them, CEC Rajiv Kumar spoke about the significance of their joining at a historic point when the Election Commission is all set to conduct Lok Sabha elections.
Ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections and some state assembly polls, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, while addressing a meeting of more than 2,100 general, police and expenditure observers, directed them to ensure a level-playing field for free and fair elections.
The polls should be free of intimidation and inducement, he said. The observers were instructed to be tough but polite in their conduct on the field, the Election Commission (EC) said in a statement.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission of India declared the schedule for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 on March 10. The Lok Sabha Elections 2019 held in seven phases, starting from April 11. The results were declared on May 23.
In 2014 also, the EC had sent invites for its poll schedule press conference a day in advance. The invite was sent in the evening for the presser to be held early next day.Nearly 97 crore people are eligible to cast vote in the upcoming polls at over 12 lakh polling stations.
