Election Commission of India today announced the schedule for 2021 General Elections to State Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry.

The term of the Legislative Assemblies of Assam expires on 31st May 2021. Assam has 126 Assembly constituencies that will go for the poll in three phases, declared the Election Commission of India.

The first phase of the Poll for 47 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) will be held on 27th March 2021 (Saturday); 2nd Phase poll for 39 ACs will be held on 1st April 2021 (Thursday) and the 3rd phase of the poll for 40 ACs will be held on 6th April (Tuesday). Counting of Vote will be on 2nd May 2021 (Sunday) along with other states.

Out of the 126 Assembly constituencies 08 seats are reserved for SCs and 16 for STs. In Assam, territorial determination of Assembly Constituencies is as per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976)

There are 2,32,44,454 Total No. of electors as per electoral rolls of the commission. For the exercise of the franchise, 33,530 polling stations will be set up in 2021 a 34.71 % rise from 2016 where 24,890 polling stations were utilised. It is mandatory that the polling station will be on the ground floor and shall provide minimum assured facilities like drinking water, toilet, shed etc.

To facilitate the voter to know the serial number of electoral roll of his/her polling station, date of poll, time etc., the Commission decision vide 26.02.2021, has decided to issue ‘Voter Information Slip’ to the voters in place of Photo Voter Slip. Voter Information Slip will include information like Polling Station, Date, Time etc. but not the photograph of the voter. Voter Information Slip will be distributed at least 5 days before the date of poll to all enrolled electors, by the District Election Officer. However, Voter Information Slip will not be allowed as proof of identity of voters. It may be recalled that the Commission had discontinued Photo Voter Slips as an identity proof with effect from 28th February, 2019.

For identification of voters at Polling Station, the Voter shall present the EPIC or any of the following identification documents approved by the Commission:
i. Aadhar Card,
ii. MNREGA Job Card,
iii. Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office,
iv. Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour,
v. Driving License,
vi. PAN Card,
vii. Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR,
viii. Indian Passport,
ix. Pension document with a photograph,
x. Service Identity Cards with photograph issued to employees by Central/State Govt./PSUs/Public Limited Companies, and
xi. Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs.