Gujarat Assembly Elections News Live Updates

Last month, on October 14, the EC had introduced elections to the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, which is able to happen on November 12 in a single-phase adopted by counting of votes on December 8. At the time, the EC avoided saying dates for Gujarat, with Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar saying, “We are following past precedent in keeping the announcement of dates for Gujarat in abeyance for now.”

Announcement of a number of state polls collectively, the CEC stated, results in longer wait-time for the declaration of outcomes for some.

This is the third time since 1998 that the announcement of Gujarat Assembly elections has been de-linked from that of Himachal Pradesh. Polls had been carried out concurrently in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh in 1998, 2007 and 2012, however had been held individually in 2002-03, after the Gujarat Assembly was prematurely dissolved quickly after the Godhra riots.

The EC usually holds elections collectively in states the place incumbent governments are finishing their five-year phrases inside six months, and publicizes the ballot dates for these states concurrently.