Appointment of Dates for Various Stages of Elections and Fixation of Hours of Poll For All the Parliamentary Constituencies In the State of Tamil Nadu.

No. 123] CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024 Panguni 7, Sobakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2055

Part V—Section 4

Notification by the Election Commission of India

NOTIFICATION BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

APPOINTMENT OF DATES FOR VARIOUS STAGES OF ELECTIONS AND FIXATION OF HOURS OF POLL FOR ALL THE PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES IN THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU No. SRO G-8/2024.

The following Notification of the Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110 001, dated 20th March, 2024 [30 Phalguna, 1945 (Saka)] is republished:-

No. 464/EPS/2024(1):-WHEREAS, the President of India has, by notification issued under sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the Representation of People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) and published in the Gazette of India on the 20th March, 2024 (Wednesday), been pleased to call upon each of the parliamentary constituencies, specified in column (2) of the Schedule below, in the States or Union Territories mentioned in column (1), of the Schedule to elect members to the House of the People, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the rules and orders made thereunder;

Now, therefore, in pursuance of Sections 30 and 56 of the said Act, the Election Commission of India hereby-

(A) Appoints, with respect to the said election, from each of the parliamentary constituencies specified in the said Schedule, (a) the 28th March, 2024 (Thursday), as the last date for making nominations for Bihar and the 27th March, 2024 (Wednesday), as the last date for making nomination for Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry;

(b) the 30th March, 2024 (Saturday), as the date for scrutiny of nominations for Bihar and the 28th March, 2024 (Thursday), for scrutiny of nominations for Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry;

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[ 1 ]2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY (c) the 2nd April, 2024 (Tuesday), as the last date for withdrawal of candidatures for Bihar and the 30th March, 2024 (Saturday), as the last date for withdrawal of candidatures for Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh,

Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim,

Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and

Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry;

(d) the date specified in column (3) of the SCHEDULE below, as the date on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken in the parliamentary constituencies, specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Schedule; and

(e) the 06th June, 2024 (Thursday), as the date before which the election shall be completed in all the above mentioned parliamentary constituencies; and (B) Fixes the hours specified in column (4) of the said Schedule, as the hours during which the poll shall, if necessary, be taken in the constituencies, specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Schedule, on the date specified against such constituency in column (3) thereof, for the above election.

Schedule

Parliamentary Constituencies, Dates and Hours of Poll

PHASE-I

(By Order)

Sanjeev Kumar Prasad, Secretary to the Election Commission of India.

Secretariat, Chennai-600 009, 20th March 2024.

SATYABRATA SAHOO, Chief Electoral Officer and Principal Secretary to Government, Public (Elections) Department. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU