Gujarat election date 2022: A volley of questions were raised when the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar did not announce the dates of Gujarat assembly election along with the Himachal Pradesh assembly election in a presser held in New Delhi on Friday (October 14). 

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The poll schedule was expected to be announced for both the states, however, skipping Gujarat left many baffled. The tenures of the Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assemblies will end on January 8, 2023 and February 18, 2023 respectively.

 

Election Commission on why it didn't announce Gujarat poll dates

 

 

 

 

Himachal Pradesh assembly elections

 

The Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced the schedule for Himachal Pradesh assembly polls. The notification will be issued on October 17 and the polls will be held on November 12 in a single-phase. The counting of votes will take place on December 8. "There are a number of factors, like weather. We want to hold the Himachal elections before the onset of snow," CEC noted.

 

(Inputs from agencies)