The Election Commission on Wednesday changed the Mizoram assembly election schedule by advancing polling on 25 November and postponing the counting by a day to 9 December.
The schedule for other states would remain same. The assembly polls in Madhya pradesh are also being held on 25 November. The polls to elect the 40-member state assembly were earlier slated on 4 December and counting was to take place on 8 December.
The decision to advance poll dates in Mizoram was taken by EC after political parties, NGOs and religious organisations petitioned it with a request in this regard.
Political parties, churches and NGOs had sought a change in the dates of polling and counting of votes saying the earlier polling day coincided with the time when the Mizoram Synod, the highest decision-making body of the Presbyterian, will hold state-wide conference in Aizawl and wanted that counting should not be held on a Sunday, a sacred day for Christians.
The schedule for other states would remain same. The assembly polls in Madhya pradesh are also being held on 25 November. The polls to elect the 40-member state assembly were earlier slated on 4 December and counting was to take place on 8 December.
The decision to advance poll dates in Mizoram was taken by EC after political parties, NGOs and religious organisations petitioned it with a request in this regard.
Political parties, churches and NGOs had sought a change in the dates of polling and counting of votes saying the earlier polling day coincided with the time when the Mizoram Synod, the highest decision-making body of the Presbyterian, will hold state-wide conference in Aizawl and wanted that counting should not be held on a Sunday, a sacred day for Christians.