Five states to see elections in January-March (Lead)

December 24th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS  

New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Elections will be held in Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand between Jan 28 and March 3 to elect new assemblies, the Election Commission announced Saturday.

Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Qureshi said the vote count will take place March 4 in all five states.

The elections will kick off from Manipur Jan 28, followed by Punjab and Uttarakhand on Jan 30.

Uttar Pradesh will see a seven-phase polling: Feb 4, 8, 11, 15, 19, 23 and 28. Goa will go to the polls March 3.

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