Five-phase Jharkhand assembly polls from Nov 27
October 23rd, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Elections to the Jharkhand assembly would be held in five phases from Nov 27 to Dec 18, the Election Commission announced here Friday.
Votes would be counted on Dec 23, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla told reporters.
With the Election Commission announcing the poll schedule, the model code of conduct comes into effect in the state Friday.
With the approval of union cabinet, the 81-member Jharkhand assembly, which was kept in suspended animation since January this year, was dissolved Thursday. The cabinet acted on the recommendation of state Governor K. Sankaranarayanan.
The president’s rule was imposed in the state Jan 19 after the then chief minister Shibhu Soren lost a by-poll and had to resign.
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