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Three-phase J&K elections from Sept 18, Haryana polls on Oct 1; counting on Oct 4

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NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Assembly elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir after a decade in three phases from September 18, setting the stage for the people of the union territory to elect a government after the scrapping of Article 370 in 2019.
The Election Commission also announced that elections to the 90-member Haryana assembly will be held on October 1 and results for both the polls will be declared on October 4.
The two assembly elections will be the first popularity test for the BJP and the INDIA bloc following the Lok Sabha polls.
The three-phase elections to the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly will be held on September 18, September 25 and October 1, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar told a press conference.The EC said assembly elections in Maharashtra, which were held along with Haryana in 2019, will be announced later due to security requirements for J&K.He said four elections are due this year and by early next year and since Jammu and Kashmir was not in the picture last time (2019-20) the Commission decided to group two assembly elections together.
Besides J&K and Haryana, elections are due in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi which will be announced after the completion of the the two. (PTI)

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