Goa Elections In Feb 2nd Week, Between 7th To 12th February 2022

NEW DELHI: Even as the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) is on a two-day review visit to Goa, Assembly elections in the coastal state are likely to be held in the second week of February, between the 7 to the 12th of the month, sources said.

The full bench of the Election Commission comprising the CEC (Chief Election Commissioner) and two Election Commissioners reached Goa on Monday evening to take stock of poll preparedness in the state.

Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur are likely to be announced in the first half of January and will be held in February next year.

In Uttar Pradesh, the elections will be held in phases and spread over a month. Results in all the States will be announced only after the final phase of voting is completed.

The poll panel had recently visited Punjab to take stock of poll preparedness.

The Commission, comprising Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Commissioners Rajiv Kumar and Anoop Chandra Pandey, will interact with the state poll machinery and state administration in Goa during their two-day visit, EC sources said.