Haryana Assembly Election 2024: The Election Commission of India on Friday announced that the Assembly polls will be held in Haryana on October 1 across 90 constituencies in 22 districts. The counting will be held on October 4.
During a press conference, CEC Rajiv Kumar said that the electoral rolls for Haryana will be finalised on August 27. The last date for making nominations is September 12, following which the poll body will begin scrutinising the nominations on September 13.
The last date to withdraw the candidature is September 16.
Here's the full schedule for Haryana Assembly Polls 2024:
| Poll Events | Dates |
| Date of Issue of Gazette Notification | September 5 |
| Last Date of Making Nominations | Septmber 12 |
| Date for Scrutiny of Nominations | September 13 |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of Candidatures | September 16 |
| Date of Poll | October 1 |
| Date of Counting | October 4 |
| Date before which election shall be completed | October 6 |
Out of the 90 assembly seats, 73 are general and 17 come under Scheduled Caste.
According to the EC, the total number of electors in Haryana are 2.01 crore out of which 1.06 crore are male, 0.95 crore are female, and 459 are third gender. Around 4.52 lakh citizens will caste ballots for the first time. 40.95 lakh are young voters.
1.5 lakh voters belong to the PwD catergory and 2.55 lakh voters are aged above 85.
In Haryana there will be 20,629 polling stations across 10,495 locations with an average of 977 voters per polling station. While 7,132 polling stations will be set up in urban areas, rural areas will have 13,497 polling booths.
All the polling stations will be equipped with facilities for drinking water, toilets, voter facilitation centre, help desks, signage, sufficient light, sheds, ramps, and wheelchairs.
There will be transport facility for PwD and elderly people and the poll body will also appoint volunteers to assist them.
The present government, which was formed after the 2019 elections, witnessed the coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party and Jannayak Janta Party, with Manohar Lal Khattar becoming the Chief Minister.
However, in March 2024, Khattar resigned as the CM, following which BJP's Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as the new CM of Haryana.
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Shortly after EC's announcement, reactions of leaders from Haryana started flowing in.
Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the Congress is ready for the polls and reiterated his claim that "people of all sections have decided to bring Congress to power."
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anil Vij said: "It is a good thing that elections in Haryana will be held on October 1. Our party and workers are ready to contest the elections."
Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan welcomed the announcement by the poll body and said: "Congress is ready. Congress will form the government with a 2/3rd majority."