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URGENT " HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYEES' STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION PANCHDEEP BHAVAN: C.I.G. ROAD:NEW DELHI-ll0002. http://esic.nic.in No. Z-17/12/2/2007-(Misc-3)-E.I Dated: 30.03.2011 MEMORANDUM Sub:- Schedule for General Election to State Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry- Enforcement of model code of conduct. Pleasefind enclosed the copy of letter bearing No. Z-11020/1/2011-Coord. dated 16.03.2011 received from Govt. of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi alongwith its enclosures on the above cited subject for information & compliance and circulate to all subordinate offices. Encl.: As above Copy to:- 1. All Regional Directors/Joint Director -I/cs/ Director -I/cs, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry. 2. All the Medical Superintendent of ESICHospitals/Model Hospitals, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry. 3. All the SMC/SSMCof ESIC,Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry. 4. Joint Director-V for information. 5. Guard File/ Spare Copies. ~ Sh. Pranava Kumar, Assistant Director, Hqrs. with the request to upload a . copy of Memo. in our website. No.Z-11020/1/2011-Coord. Government of India/ Bharat Sarkar Ministry of Labour and Employment ( Shram aur Rozgar Mantralaya) ( Coordination Section) ********* Shram Shakti Bhavan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, the 16th March, 2011 NOTE Subject: Schedule for General Election to State Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West _I'-.@;ngar'andPudducherry - Enforcement of model code of conduct - Circulation regarding. A copy of O.M. No.IV/ 14015/2/2011-CSR-II dated 09th March, 2011 received from Ministry of Home Affairs (C.S.Division) on the above subject is enclosed for information, guidance and appropriate action. ~~- ( S.K. Tripathi ) Under Secretary to the Govt. of India Encl: A/a. Tel. No.: 23473136 1. AS(L&E) / LEA / JS(DGLW) / JS(DGE&T) / JS(AP) / DDG(HS) / EA(KMG)/ DDG(SRJ) / CLC(C) 2. ftSIC) / CPFC / DIR(CBWE) / DIR(NLI) / DG(FASLI) / DG(MS) / DG(LB) Immediate No. IV/14015/2/2011-CSR-1I t Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs ! (C. S. Division) ***** , •• 'MAR 2011 North Block, New Delhi. Dated Oih March, 2011. Office Memorandum Subject: Schedule for General Elections to State Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry - Enforcement of model Coord Sectjon code of conduct. Dr. No.~.'ilJ..u.... Date.l6.:.!?2..·.1.L •• ****** 1~~.,J'!Jldefsrgnedis 1directed" to" forward -herewith -a copy of letter No. ECI/PN/17/ 20'11VMedia/889 dated 0151 March, 2011 (along with Press Note No. ECI/PN/17/2011 dated 01.03.2011) received from the Election Comm,;s's;on of India, Newnelhi on the above mentioned 'sLltfjeCt.f~t~appropRate action for 'enforcement of model code of conduct. Enc.: As above. p. I'C J£~~hya~) Under Secretary to the Govt. of India Tel. No. 23093359 To Secretaries - All Union Ministries/bepartments. PS to the Prime Minister. PS to all Union Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State. PS to Home Minister, North Block, New Delhi. ' The Chief Secretaries to the Govt. of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry. Cabinet Secretariat (Attn. Shri KL Sharma,. Director), /"' ·Sr'" - Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. J~ I\~ Copy for information to PS to HS/PS to A~ (CS)/PS t ~ /"" . (J. K. C attopa~ay) Under Secretary to the Govt. of India M'? Tel. No. 23093120 v j MQST IMMEDIATE In' Sl't~C:L~LMESSENGER ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA Nirvachan Sad an, Ashoka Road, New Dolhi-t loom. No. ECI/PNjI7 j201ljMedia Ig2 'I !S'O...~\<:>'. ~; )~;;'d 1.03.2011 To ~s~ ~1:1\.\ 1. The Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India,· Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, V New Delhi. 9. C!-j b <8'2 ,I '31-11 JJ ... 2. The Secretary to the President of India.: '. Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. 3. The .~~~retary to the Vice-President of India, 6, Ma'ulana Azad Road, New Delhi. 4. The-Secretary to the.Prime M:iniste,~,.,{ Prime Minister's Gffic~,Souttt~lqqk;i/New Delhi. ~ The Private Secretary to the Union Minister of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi. 6. Tl:te,Pri;va!eSecretary to the Union Minister of Law.&Justice, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. Subject:- Forwarding of Press note -Regarping. Sir, I am directed to forward herewith a copy of the Press Note No: Eel/rN/17/2011/Media dated 1.03.2011 issued by the Commission for your kind jnformation. ..... -.. ---~~.;1./.. , .,.-----~..----....-.--- .,' -. '¥ou1's-faithfu;llly,- -- . ~ - cc ---rp;:-.tfi ---- - " ' __'-"_j,r.. , I"v- (YASHVIR SINGH) -l"e '.Cc c c "9c,. 11Lv . J)IRECTOR v,A">L ,\~.,\\\ r":")~. ~lf1~~~t- ~"\'!' ~-1 .. ~. .. .:. ~ --. ~ r ·ELECTION· COMMISSION OF INDIA Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi -110001 No.ECIIPN/17 12011 Dated: 1st March, 2011 PRESS.NOTE Subject: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Ass~~, Kerala, Tamil Nadu,West Bengal and Puducherry. _ <f"'''''J·'£~f-;;;;'...f..''''>rsf.~·'· --------- - - - - - .. - -------- ------ --- ---- ----~-----------.--.-- The terms of the Legislative Assemblies of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal will expire as follows: Tarnil Nadu 16.05.2011 Kerala 23,05.2011 Puducherry 28.Cl5.2011 Assam 28.05.2011 West Bengal 11.06.2011 As per the established practice, the Election Commission holds the General 'Elections to the Le'gi~lative Assemblies of the States and Union Territories, whose terms expire almostatthe same 'time, ,together.,By virtue of its powers, duties and functions under Article 324 read with ,Article. 17~(1)·of the 'ConStitUtion of'ln8ia, 'Section '15 6HheiRepresentationrdf'ithe PeepleiAd, 1951, and section 5 of the Government of Union .Territories Act; 1963, the Commission 'is required to hold elections 'tocohstitute the new L~islative Assemblies in the 5 aid States of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal :imdUT6fPuaucherry before expiry oftheir present terms. 1 ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES The total number of Assembly Constituencies in the States of Tamil Nadu, ~Ia, Puducherry and West Bengal and the seats reserved for the SCheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as determined by the Delimitation Commission under the Delimitation Act,2002, are as under: State Total No. of Aes Reserved for SC Reserved for ST Taml Nadu__ 234 44 02 Kerala 140 14.. 02 '. -Puduche~wl'~'" 30 05 ·N . - West Bengal 294 68 16 -In Assam. territorial detenninati()n of Assembly Constituencies is 8S per Delimitatioo of Parliamentary and A$~mb!yConstituencjes Order,1976. 'Om of . ' ','" ': , .. "." . ~. 126 ACs of Ass,m,' 08ACs are re"rv~d fQrSC and 16ACs are re$efV~for .. -,::'. :""'" ," ST. eLt;pTq~J...,q~~~ ~ht el.Qfai:rolla.'·'of,U ·thee.xjatigg,.,~'m~b',Q~n$JitMI.A$i. in the· . ",' ' .: .-" .,., States/Udr,Qf Jilrnil\N,~dy. " KO""'i,,. .H~~IJ911Elrw.,As,$~maod VY~t Bengal have 'been revised. ~with,referef)ce tq 1.1..2Q11,s thfi'~u~JifYi'lQ~,d~~'flpd 'have been:4if!Ja"Y·if!lw;)Ji$hedNAs.~"f~"'''. ' ',' - rfini:ll" 'roll~,4h~·jnYm"r·;Qf.. _ - :,'" '"'-'",_";', ;@~",.'"",.',' t·,,:,,: ,in' these ,States/UT atlutlifQllowinS': . ....Kerala " -- - ~-·4j4)4~4f.1-~-----~~T'l...:..,---··-~-··,;~t4~i~'--"'-7 - ---_ ..--- _._., ._._---,--.' , - .- ---- ----~-- ..--.--.--.-.-.---.--- ----.---.~--.-------.-------- "--.- , Puducherry 05.01.2011 . 8,05,124 Assam '05~O'1.20t1 1;81,45;'914 West Bengal 05.01.2011 5,60,91,973 2 PHOTO ELECTORAL ROLLS Photo electoral rolls will be used during the forthcoming general elections (except Assam). Photo percentages in Photo electoral rolls of three States and UT of Puducherry are as follows: Tami! Nadu 99.85% Kerala 100% Puducherry 100% West Bengal 94.5% Efforts are continuing to increase the photo coverage in Photo electoral rolls of Tami! Nadu af);-:ri.WestBengal. All residual electors without photograph in '<'"Nr'i~"¥}:' the rolls are~lifcrvfsedto contact their nearest Designated Photography Location (DPL) or the Electoral Registration Officer of their AC for inclusion of Photographs in the rdll against ·their names.' r1n{,ca~e,~ofAssarn.,.there .are only text-rollsand no photo-Electoral-rolls. Identification df VdterS iand 'Electoral'.Photo ,Identity C~rds .(.ep,lc'l Identification of the voters at the pdlling'bocith 'at the 'lime .of;,pdll·shall be mandatory. Electors .who have been provided, with 'EF'IC shall be lidentified .thrQugh:EPIConly. As mentioned above, presently,;the;EPIC'covetage~in'the poll g()ing States/UT are: Tami! Nadu 99.9% Kerala 100% Puducherry 100% West Bengal 95.54% All the residual electors are advised to obtain their Elector Photo Identity, Cards from the Electoral RegistratiohOfficersdftfn~ir Assenibly~G[l)nstittlency. In - .... the state of Assam, EPIC programme could' not be started due to various reasons. 3 In order to ensure that no voter is deprived of his/her franchise, if his/her name figures in the Electoral Rolls, separate instructions will be issued to allow additional documents for identification of voters. Electronic Voting Machines (eVMs) The poll in all the 4 (Four) States and the UT of Puducherry will be conducted at all polling stations using EVMs. The Commission has already made arrangements to ensure availability of adequate number of EVMs for smooth conduct of elections. The Commission has issued a new set of instructions with regard to the First Level Check of EVMs, that will be used in the polls in these States/UT.The1ir~ffe~~1check of such EVMs h~ve been done in the presence of representatives of political parties. A two..,stagerandomization of EVMs will be made. 'Inthe 'first stage, ,all:the EVMs stored in 'the Districtstoragecenter will be randomized by the District Election Qfficer,(Di:O) . in the presence of the representatives of the recognized political parties for allocation, assembly constituency-wise. fE\1Ms·will 'be ,prepared lar;ad~etfor .elecnons aft~r the canctiPate§arrefin~lize~ in .presence .ofcandidates.