EC to change 1st phase date

The Commission has today decided that the notification for 60 ACs going to poll on 4th February,2012 shall not be issued on 10th January,2012 as scheduled. This is due to uncertainty about the date of Barawafat festival which may also fall on 4th February,20128230;The Commission has accordingly requested the Governor of Uttar Pradesh that he may be pleased not to issue the notification for 1st Phase 60 ACs scheduled to be notified on 10th January,2012, the EC said in a press communique issued today. The revised schedule for 1st phase ACs 60 ACs will be announced by the Commission separately, the EC said.

The decision comes after the ECs meeting with the law and order enforcing agencies and district electoral officers of the state in Lucknow recently where this fact was brought to the notice of the Commission.

However,the other poll dates February 8,11,15,23 and 28 remain unchanged and the process of notification for elections during the other six phases would remain as announced by the EC on December 24.