Punjab Assembly Elections To Take Place On Feb 20 Instead Of Feb 14

Mumbai: Assembly elections in Punjab were on Monday postponed to February 20 by the Election Commission of India, following a request from several political parties and the state’s CM Charanjit Singh Channi.

The election body today held a meeting to discuss the requests made by political leaders of several parties to defer next month’s assembly elections in the state.

The commission said it decided to defer the election after taking inputs from the state government and the chief electoral officer of Punjab.

“Commission has received several representations from the state government, political parties and other organizations drawing attention regarding the movement of a large number of devotees from Punjab to Varanasi for participation in Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Jayanti celebrations, which is observed on 16th February 2022. They have also brought to the notice that a large number of devotees start moving for Varanasi around a week before the day of celebration and keeping the poll day on 14th February 2022 will deprive a large number of electors of voting. In view of this, they have requested to shift the poll date a few days after 16th February 2022,” the EC said in a statement.

“…Now Commission has decided to reschedule the General Elections to Legislative Assembly of Punjab in the following manner: Date of Notification: 25th January 2022 (Tuesday). Last date of Nomination: 1st February 2022 (Tuesday). Date of Scrutiny: 2nd February 2022 (Wednesday). Date of Withdrawal: 4th February 2022 (Friday). Date of Poll: 20th February 2022 (Sunday).”

The counting of votes will be taken up on March 10.

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