General elections were announced in the country on Wednesday, it would be for the first time that the lok Sabha elections would be held in nine phases while it would also be the first time that elections in Madhya Pradesh would be held in all 29 parliamentary constituencies in three phases on April 10, 17 and 24.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Jaideep Govind addres sing the media here on Wednesday said, "Notification for first phase of election that would be held on nine parliamentary constituencies of the State including Satna, Rewa, Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Chhindwara and Hoshangabad will be issued on March 15.
Nominations papers may be submitted till March 22. Scrutiny shall take place on March 24 while March 26 is the last date for withdrawal of nomination. Voting is scheduled on April 10."
Govind further said that in the second phase, Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna,
Sagar, Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Bhopal and Rajgarh would witness polling. The related notification would be issued on March 19.
The last date for submitting nomination papers is March 26 and scrutiny is to take place the following day.
March 29 would be the final date for withdrawal of candidature, he added.
He said while in the third and last phase of the election in state Vidisha, Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone, Khandwa and Betul would witness voting in the last phase.
The notification would be issued on March 29. Nomination papers may be submitted till April 5 and scrutiny is to be conducted on April 7.
The last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 9, he added.
Counting is scheduled for May 16 in all constituencies. The Model Code of Conduct is effective across the State from Wednesday only.
MP – CEO Jaideep Govind said that all preparations for the elections have been completed.
Over 9 lakh voters have been increased in the State after the assembly elections that were held in November 2013 with this the number of voters in the State has reached to 4.75 crore.
Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) of all the voters of the State have been made and the State have adequate number of about eighty thousand Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) with it,
he added.