ECI Schedule For State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim 2024

Organisation : Election Commission of India ECI
Announcement : Schedule For State Legislative Assemblies
Applicable State/UT : Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim 2024
Website : https://www.eci.gov.in/

Schedule For General Elections To Lok Sabha

Announcement Of Schedule For General Elections To Lok Sabha And Legislative Assemblies Of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim, 2024. The term and strength along with seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the Assembly Constituencies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim are as under:
Name of State : Andhra Pradesh
Term of Assembly : 12 th June, 2019 to 11 th June,2024
Total No. of AC Seats : 175
Reserved for SCs : 29
Reserved for STs : 7

Related / Similar Election : ECI Schedule for Bye-Election to Twenty-Six 26 Assembly Constituencies 2024

Name of State : Arunachal Pradesh
Term of Assembly : 3rd June,2019 to 2nd June,2024
Total No. of AC Seats : 60
Reserved for STs : 59

Name of State : Odisha
Term of Assembly : 25 th June,2019 to 24 th June,2024
Total No. of AC Seats : 147
Reserved for SCs : 24
Reserved for STs : 33

Name of State : Sikkim
Term of Assembly : 3 rd June,2019 to 2 nd June,2024
Total No. of AC Seats : 32
Reserved for SCs : 2

What is General Elections To Lok Sabha?

** The term of 17 th Lok Sabha is due to expire on 16th June, 2024. Article 324 of the Constitution of India bestows the relevant powers, duties and functions upon the Election Commission of India (hereinafter ECI), while Article 83(2) of the Constitution of India and Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act-1951 provides for the conduct of the elections to constitute a new Lok Sabha before the expiry of its current term.

** In view of this constitutional and legal provisions, the Election Commission of India has made comprehensive preparations for the conduct of elections to the 18th Lok Sabha in a free, fair, participate, accessible, inclusive, transparent and peaceful manner.

** Further, ECI is also to conduct election to the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim before the cessation of their terms, 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.

** In the course of assessing various dimensions involved in holding elections to the 543 Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) and Assembly Election in 4 States, in particular, the parameters to be considered for their scheduling and phasing, the Election Commission of India has planned meticulously for each and every aspect of election much in advance to ensure that these elections are conducted in free, fair, participative, accessible, peaceful and inclusive manner.

** In the run-up to the General Election to Lok Sabha-2024 and Assembly Election in 4 States, the Commission organized a Conference of the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of all the States and Union Territories on 11 th and 12 th January, 2024 at New Delhi. All aspects of election preparedness were reviewed for each State/UT and relevant instructions were issued to the CEOs to ensure efficient conduct of the elections.

** The Commission also organised 5 Regional Conferences at Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Ahmedabad and Lucknow to review Poll preparedness, to find out any gaps and ways to fill them. These Regional conferences were headed by the Senior Officers of the Commission and were attended by the Chief Electoral officers and State Police Nodal Officers.

Training Of Election Officials

i) General Elections to Lok Sabha in India is considered to be the biggest man management exercise in the world. It involves a mammoth task to mobilize election machinery of more than 12 million officials for this exercise.

ii) Training of these officials thus becomes essential for flawless conduct of elections. Training of such a magnitude can be completed in a cascaded manner whereby master trainers are prepared and they in turn train the participants. India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) was established by the Election Commission of India in June 2011 to fulfill this important task of training of election officials from India and abroad. IIIDEM has since been working to achieve its objectives.

iii) For General Elections to Lok Sabha and simultaneous Assembly Election in 4 States, IIIDEM has trained 237 National Level Master Trainers (NLMTs) and 1804 State Level Master Trainers (SLMTs), who have been training the Assembly Level Trainers (ALTs), District Level Master Trainers (DLMTs) and other officials of Election Machinery in cascading manner.

iv) IIIDEM has organized the following programs to train the important election functionaries:
a) Certification Program for District Election Officers (DEOs) and Returning Officers (ROs) for General Elections to Lok Sabha 2024: An in-depth training program of 2 days per batch was organised for all District Election Officers (DEOs) and Returning Officers from all States/ UTs at IIIDEM. 16 batches comprising of DEOs/ROs of all States/UTs was organized from 5 th to 29 th Dec 2023, wherein 837 officers have been trained in all the aspects of elections.

b) Certification Program for Assistant Returning Officers (for Parliamentary Constituencies) of all States/UTs at State ATIs: IIIDEM has conducted 5 days certification programme for AROs (of PC) of all States/UTs at State ATIs wherein about 5000 AROs (in around 130 batches) were trained at all States/UTs from 27 th November 2023 to 2 nd March 2024.

c) Certification Program for Returning Officers/Assistant Returning Officers of 4 States having simultaneous elections at State ATIs: IIIDEM has conducted 5 days certification programme for about 1100 ROs/AROs (of AC) of 4 States i.e. Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh having simultaneous elections.

d) Training of EROs at IIIDEM/State ATI: IIIDEM has conducted One- day online training for EROs of all States/UTs in the months of Oct- Nov,2023 in 12 batches. A total of 3100 EROs participated in the training programme.

Detailed Notification Download here : https://www.electionin.in/uploads/pdf2024/10338-ls.pdf