00:00All 126th Assembly Constituencies for Assam, the polling shall be just in one phase and the polling shall take place
00:10on 9th of April, Thursday, 2026.
00:14The counting shall be on 4th of May.
00:23All 140th Assembly Constituencies of Kerala shall also go for polling on 9th April, that is, Thursday, and counting shall
00:38be on the same day, that is, 4th May, 2026.
00:47Puduchiri also will go along with Assam and Kerala, the date of poll is 9th April, and the counting will
00:58be 4th of May.
01:03Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, all 234th Assembly Constituencies will go for poll on 23rd of April, in one phase, and
01:18the counting shall be on the same day for all the 5 states slash UT, that is, 4th of May,
01:252026.
01:29West Bengal, West Bengal, West Bengal, the 294th Assembly Constituencies, the polling shall be held in two phases, in the
01:43first phase, 152, and the second phase, 142.
01:47The date of poll shall be 23rd of April, and 29th of April, and the counting shall be together for
01:56all, that is, 4th of May, 2026.
02:05There will be 8 by-elections also, that is, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Nagaland, and Tripura, the name of the
02:14constituencies are mentioned here, and the reasons which will be circulated to you.
02:20And the schedule would be, and the schedule would be, that the Assembly Constituencies for Goa, Karnataka, Nagaland, and Tripura,
02:27will be held, the polling will be held on 9th of April, and for the Assembly Constituencies of Gujarat and
02:33Maharashtra, on 23rd.
02:35The counting shall be on 4th of May, for all the cases.
02:49Now we shall begin with the question-answer session.
02:53I will request all of you to introduce yourselves and your organization before you ask the question.
02:59I will also request you to ask one question per person, and kindly do not repeat the questions.
03:06We shall be taking questions in groups of five, after which the Honorable Chief Election Commissioner shall respond to that,
03:14and then we go on to the next round of questions.
03:16Six, forty, ninety-four, twenty-five, twenty-five, hello, three, three.
04:10Thank you very much.
04:37Sir, this side, Harsha from Republic TV.
04:41Sir, my first question, sir, earlier this week you had sought the list of police officials during whose presence the
04:47post-poll violence took place in the year 2021 in West Bengal.
04:51Sir, what's the status of it?
04:53And, sir, whether those police officials will be deployed in the polling state in West Bengal during election or not?
05:00Sir, second one, sir, when can we expect the supplementary list?
05:03Sir, already 15 lakh have been disposed from the adjudication list.
05:09When can we expect the supplementary list?
05:11Next question, sir.
05:16Next question, sir.
05:39Sir, what do you say?
05:46Sir, what do you say?
05:52Sir, what do you say?
06:18First of all, I'd like to make clear
06:21that the model
06:22code of conduct
06:24is applicable
06:25from now onward.
06:28So actions taken
06:30prior to model code of conduct
06:31is the prerogative of the concerned
06:34governments.
06:36But now onwards,
06:40the model code of conduct
06:41shall be applicable.
06:44With regards to the
06:46West Bengal elections
06:48to be held in two phases
06:50instead of eight phases earlier,
06:52the Commission has held
06:54detailed deliberations
06:57and
06:58in its considered opinion,
07:01it was found
07:02necessary to reduce
07:04the number of phases
07:05and bring it down
07:08to an extent where
07:10it is convenient for everybody.
07:16With regards to the police officers
07:18who were involved
07:21in the violence
07:23in earlier elections,
07:24the list has been
07:25sought off as
07:27is known to the media
07:28during our visit to the West Bengal
07:30and necessary action
07:31as per law shall be taken.
07:35with regards to the
07:36supplementary list,
07:38as per the orders of the
07:39Honorable Supreme Court,
07:41the learned judges
07:43working under the
07:44directions of the
07:45Honorable High Court of
07:47Calcutta
07:48would be bringing out
07:49this supplementary list
07:51and as and when
07:52the supplementary list
07:53the names are
07:54coming out,
07:55they shall be included
07:56in addition
07:57to the existing
07:59electors.
08:00with regards to
08:01some other questions
08:02I would like to
08:03make it clear
08:05that
08:06elections
08:07in all these
08:09four states
08:11and the union
08:11territory of Kodachary
08:13shall be
08:14violence
08:16free
08:18and
08:19inducement free.
08:21Commission will take
08:22strict action
08:23if
08:24anything
08:26to the contrary
08:27is noticed
08:28or reported.
08:31.
08:31would like to
08:33share
08:33and
08:34I
08:35would like to
08:35there
08:36a
08:36.
08:38.
08:39.
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