Assembly election 2022: EC announces poll dates for 5 states; seven phases in UP, counting on 10 March

Uttarakhand, Goa and Punjab will go to polls in one phase on 14 February. Manipur will have two phased-polls in 27 February and 3 March The Election Commission on Saturday announced the poll schedule for Assembly elections in Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. #WATCH Live: Election Commission of India announces Assembly polls schedule for Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh https://t.co/c9oDf6AdJd — ANI January 8, 2022 Counting of votes will take place on 10 March, said the election commissioner “As COVID-19 cases have risen in view of the Omicron variant, ECI held meetings with Union Health Secretary, Home Secretary, experts and health secretaries of States. Phase 1: 10 February, Thursday Phase 2: 14 February, Monday Phase 3: 20 February, Sunday Phase 4: 23 February, Wednesday Phase 5: 27 February, Sunday Phase 6: 3 March, Thursday Phase 7: 7 March, Monday Goa In Goa, the ruling BJP is facing anti-incumbency and challenge from the Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party, in addition to the Congress. Phase 1: 14 February, Monday Manipur In the last Assembly polls in Manipur, the Congress won 28 seats in the 60-member Assembly, but the BJP formed the government after support from three regional parties.