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.
00:15The 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.
00:47Hudhuchiri also will go along with Assam and Kerala.
00:53The date of poll is 9th April and the counting will be 4th of May.
01:03Tamil Nadu.
01:05Tamil Nadu, all 234th Assembly Constituencies will go for poll on 23rd of April, in one phase, and the counting
01:18shall be on the same day for all the 5 states slash UT, that is, 4th of May, 2026.
01:29West Bengal.
01:32West Bengal, the 294th Assembly Constituencies, the polling shall be held in two phases, in the first phase, 152, and
01:45the 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.
02:06There will be eight 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
02:34Maharashtra 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'll request all of you to introduce yourselves and your organization before you ask the question.
02:59I'll 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 5, after which the Honourable Chief Election Commissioner shall respond to that,
03:14and then we go on to the next round of questions.
03:166, 40, 94, 25, hello.
03:333, 3.
03:365, 40, 95, hello.
04:03foreign
04:33The notice is given and what will you answer?
05:03Sir, already 15 lakh have been disposed from the adjudication list. When can we expect the supplementary list?
05:34So, all the people who have noticed, what do you say to them?
05:43Free and fair election.
05:44So, what do you say?
05:47Sir, my name is Ashwin Kumar Singh NDTV.
05:54Sir, your press conference started.
06:18First of all, I'd like to make clear that the Model Code of Conduct is applicable to the
06:25deal from now onwards.
06:28So, actions taken prior to Model Code of Conduct is a prerogative of the concerned government.
06:36But now onwards, the Model Code of Conduct shall be applicable.
06:44With regards to the West Bengal elections to be held in two phases instead of eight phases earlier,
06:52the Commission has held detailed deliberations and in its considered opinion, it was found necessary
07:03to reduce the number of phases and bring it down to an extent where it is convenient for everybody.
07:16With regards to the police officers who were involved in the violence in earlier elections,
07:24the list has been sought off as is known to the media during our visit to the West Bengal,
07:30and necessary action as per law shall be taken.
07:35With regards to the supplementary list, as per the orders of the Honourable Supreme Court,
07:41the learned judges working under the directions of the Honourable High Court of Calcutta
07:48would be bringing out this supplementary list.
07:51And as and when the supplementary list, the names are coming out, they shall be included in addition
07:57to the existing electors.
08:00With regards to some other questions, I would like to make it clear that elections in all these
08:09four states and the Union territory of Kodachary shall be violence-free and inducement-free.
08:20Commission will take strict action if anything to the contrary is noticed or reported.
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