The Election Commission of India revised the date of the Rajasthan Assembly elections to November 25 due to “large scale weddings, social engagements”. The counting date remains the same – December 3.
The revised schedule was announced on Wednesday.
“The Election Commission of India had announced the schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan…wherein the date of poll for Rajasthan was fixed on 23rd November, 2023(Thursday).
Subsequently, representations have been received in the Commission from various political parties, social organisations and also issues raised in various media platforms for change of date of poll considering large scale wedding/social engagement on that day which may cause inconvenience to large number of people, various logistic issues and may lead to reduced voters participation during poll,” the Election Commission said in a statement.
“The Commission, having considered these factors and representations, has decided to change the date of poll from 23rd November, 2023 (Thursday) to 25th November, 2023 (Saturday),” it further read.
Earlier, the elections were going to be held on November 23, the ECI announced at a press conference on Monday.