GUWAHATI: The Assam State Election Commission has announced November 30, as the polling date for the General Election to the 40 constituencies of the Mising Autonomous Council.
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The election notification was issued on Tuesday, November 3. According to the schedule announced by the Commission, November 10 is the last date for filing nominations, while scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on November 12.
Candidates can withdraw their nominations until November 16, following which the final list of contesting candidates will be published on the same day.
Polling will be held from 7:30 AM to 4 PM on November 30. If required, repolling will take place on December 1. Counting of votes will begin at 8 AM on December 3, and the entire election process is scheduled to be completed by December 5.
Nomination papers will be accepted on working days, excluding public holidays, between 11 AM and 3 PM.
The election will have a total of 6,35,493 registered electors, comprising 3,17,297 male voters, 3,18,194 female voters and two voters belonging to the third gender.
A total of 1,032 polling stations have been set up across the 40 constituencies.
Of the 40 constituencies, 28 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes, seven for women, while five are open constituencies.
The Commission has also stated that the process of including new voters in the electoral rolls will continue until November 10, the last date for filing nominations.
The maximum permissible election expenditure for each candidate has been fixed at ₹2 lakh.
