Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, 2018
Poll Events Schedule
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification 17.04.2018 (TUE)
Last Date of Nominations 24.04.2018 (TUE)
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations 25.04.2018 (WED)
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures 27.04.2018 (FRI)
Date of Poll 12.05.2018 (SAT)
Date of Counting & Result Declaration 15.05.2018 (TUE)
Date before which election shall be completed 18.05.2018 (FRI)
Karnataka General Assembly Election at a Glance:
Assembly Constituencies:
The total number of Assembly Constituencies in the State of Karnataka and seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as determined by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, are as under: –
Karnataka State Total No. of ACs: 224
Reserved for SCs: 36 Seats
Reserved for STs: 15 Seats
Unreserved: 173 Seats
Electoral Rolls
Total No. of electors as per draft electoral rolls: 4,90,06,901 (Approx. 4.90 Cr.)
Total No. of electors as per final electoral rolls: 4,96,82,357 (Approx. 4.968 Cr.)
New Initiatives for Karnataka General Assembly Election 2018
1. Use of VVPATs at all Polling Stations:
VVPATs will be used along with EVMs in all 56,696 Polling Stations of 224 Assembly Constituencies of poll going state of Karnataka to enhance the transparency and credibility of the elections. On a pilot basis, VVPAT from One (1) Polling Station in each Assembly Constituency will be randomly selected to count VVPAT paper slips for verification of the result obtained from the control unit.
2. All Women Managed Polling Stations:
All- women Managed Polling Stations’ shall be set up in one polling station for each Assembly Constituency where the entire polling staff, including the police and security personnel, shall be Women. Total 224 Women Managed Polling Stations will be setup for the entire state of Karnataka for the first time.
3. Booth Level Planning:
First time in the Country an innovative “bottom up” approach of booth level planning and management has been implemented in the State of Karnataka where in Booth Level plans for 56,696 Polling Stations have been prepared containing all information and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for response for smooth conduct of elections at each Polling Station. These booth level Plans have been used to prepare AC level, District level and State level Election Management Plans.
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