EC to issue Telangana Assembly poll notification today

The Election Commission will on Friday issue the gazette notification for elections to Telangana State Legislative Assembly, by order of the state Governor.

The ECI notification fixing the schedule for various stages of the election process shall be published after it is issued.

"Nomination timings are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on working days from November 3 to November 10. Three vehicles are allowed in the candidate's convoy within 100 meters of RO’s office at the time of filing of nomination. Apart from the candidate, four others are allowed inside the RO’s room. The candidate has to file an affidavit in Form-26 declaring information about his criminal antecedents, assets, liabilities, and education qualifications," officials



said.

At least a day before filing of nomination, each candidate has to open a separate bank account to monitor his election expenditure. The bank account can be opened anywhere in the state. Online nomination facility is available through the Suvidha portal of ECI. A signed hard copy of the same has to be submitted to the RO. After 3 p.m. on each day, the RO will publish a list of nominations filed on that day.

Copies of nominations and affidavits will be displayed on the notice board of the RO’s office on the same day.

The affidavits filed by candidates have to be uploaded on the ECI website within 24 hours and will be displayed on the CEO’s website.