Schedule of General Election to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi, 2015.

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

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No. EC/PN/3/2015

Dated : 12th January, 2015

PRESS NOTE

Subject:- Schedule of General Election to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi, 2015. – Regarding.

The last Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi was dissolved by the President of India with immediate effect vide his Order No. G.S.R. 773(E), dated 4th November, 2014, issued under clause (b) of sub- Section (2) of Section 6 of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 (1 of 1992) read with clause (a) of the Order No. S.O. 410 (E), dated the 16th February, 2014, issued under Article 239AB of the Constitution, in relation to the NCT of Delhi.

2. By virtue of its powers, duties and functions under Article 324 read with Section 5 of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act 1991 and Section 15 of Representation of the People Act, 1951 and following the principle laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Reference Case

No.1 of 2002 (Reference by the President under Article 143 relating to General Elections to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on its premature dissolution), the Commission is under mandate to hold elections to constitute the new Legislative Assembly in the National Capital Territory of Delhi within six months from the date of dissolution of the last NCT of Delhi Legislative Assembly, i.e., by the 3rdMay, 2015.

(1) Assembly Constituencies

The total number of Assembly Constituencies in the NCT of Delhi and seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as determined by the Delimitation Commission under the Delimitation Act, 2002 is as under: -

Total No. of	Reserved for SCs	Reserved for STs
Assembly Constituencies
70	12	---

The Electoral Rolls of all the Assembly Constituencies in the NCT of Delhi revised with reference to 1.1.2015 as the qualifying date have been finally published on 05.01.2015. The number of electors in the NCT of Delhi is 13085251.

Schedule of General Election to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi- 2015

Date of Notification	14.01.2015 (Wednesday)
Last date of making nomination	21.01.2015 (Wednesday)
Date of Scrutiny	22.01.2015 (Thursday)
Last date of withdrawal	24.01.2015 (Saturday)
Date of Poll	07.02.2015 (Saturday)
Date of Counting	10.02.2015 (Tuesday)
Date before which the Election Shall be	12.02.2015 (Thursday)
Completed

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