{"id":18700,"date":"2024-06-22T05:42:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T05:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=18700"},"modified":"2024-06-22T05:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T05:42:49","slug":"ec-to-update-voters-list-in-jammu-and-kashmir-maharashtra-jharkhand-haryana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/ec-to-update-voters-list-in-jammu-and-kashmir-maharashtra-jharkhand-haryana\/","title":{"rendered":"EC To Update Voters\u2019 List In Jammu And Kashmir, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, June 21: The <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/dc-bla-lays-foundation-stone-for-warehouse-dedicated-for-evm-storage-at-tehsil-office-premises\/\">Election Commission<\/a> on Friday said it has initiated preparations for forthcoming assembly elections in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand with updation of electoral rolls in these states along with that in Jammu and Kashmir.<br \/>\nJuly 1, 2024 will be the qualifying date for roll updation. For the just-held <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/india-created-world-record-with-64-2-cr-people-voting-in-ls-polls-cec-rajiv-kumar\/\">Lok Sabha polls<\/a>, the voters\u2019 list was updated with January 1 as the qualifying date.Qualifying date helps establish number of voters on a given date in a state or in the country.<br \/>\nThe term of the existing legislative assemblies in the three states are going to end on November 3, November 26 and January 5, 2025 respectively and elections to these legislative assemblies are required to be conducted before the completion of their terms.<br \/>\nBesides, assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are also to be conducted for constituting a new house after delimitation of constituencies, the EC noted.<br \/>\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi had said on Thursday that assembly elections would be held soon in Jammu and Kashmir and plans are underway to restore statehood to the union territory in the near future.<br \/>\nIn his first visit to the valley after becoming the prime minister for the third consecutive term, Modi emphasised the importance of enabling the people of Jammu and Kashmir to elect their representatives for the assembly.<br \/>\n\u201cWitnessing the huge participation of the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the recently concluded <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/very-hopeful-our-results-will-be-totally-opposite-to-exit-polls-sonia-gandhi\/\">Lok Sabha elections<\/a>, the Commission has also directed for the updation of electoral rolls in the UT with July 1, 2024 as the qualifying date,\u201d the poll authority said.<br \/>\nIn an indication that assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir are imminent, the Election Commission had on June 7 said it has decided to accept applications seeking allotment of \u2018common symbols\u2019 from registered unrecognised parties in the Union Territory with immediate effect.<br \/>\nAn official had explained that under Para 10 B of the Election Symbols (Reservation &amp; Allotment) Order, 1968, any registered unrecognised political party can apply for a \u2018common symbol\u2019 six months prior to the end of the term of a House.<br \/>\nBut since no assembly is functional in Jammu and Kashmir, the EC has issued a press statement inviting applications for symbols.<br \/>\nWhile recognised national and state parties have their \u2018reserved symbols\u2019, registered unrecognised parties have to apply for one to field candidates. When free symbols are allocated to unrecognised parties, the returning officer allocates the remaining unclaimed symbols to Independents \u201con the spot\u201d.<br \/>\nEnthused by the voter participation in Jammu and Kashmir in the just-held Lok Sabha polls, <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/ec-identifies-266-parliamentary-seats-with-lower-voter-turnout-plans-targeted-intervention\/\">Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar<\/a> had recently said that the poll panel will \u201cvery soon\u201d initiate the process of holding assembly polls in the Union Territory.<br \/>\nWhile announcing the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections in March, Kumar said holding assembly and parliamentary elections simultaneously was not practical due to logistical and security reasons.<br \/>\nWhenever assembly elections are held in Jammu and Kashmir, they will be the first since the August 2019 abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories.<br \/>\nThe electoral exercise in Jammu and Kashmir is usually spread over a month.<br \/>\nFollowing a delimitation exercise, the number of assembly seats has gone up from 83 to 90, excluding those allocated to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.<br \/>\nIn December, the Supreme Court directed the poll panel to hold assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir by September 30.<br \/>\nThe EC said pre-updation activities will begin from June 25 to set up or rationalise polling stations at locations most convenient to electors in group housing societies, slums, city outgrowths and rural areas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18701\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18701\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-22-at-11.09.13-AM-300x173.png\" alt=\"EC To Update Voters\u2019 List In Jammu And Kashmir, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">EC To Update Voters\u2019 List In Jammu And Kashmir, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, June 21: The Election Commission on Friday said it has initiated preparations for forthcoming assembly elections in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand with updation of electoral rolls in these states along with that in Jammu and Kashmir. July 1, 2024 will be the qualifying date for roll updation. 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