Election Schedule 2026 Live: Top Election Commission of India officials returned to Delhi on Tuesday this week after completing a multi-state preparedness review.
Election schedule 2026 live: The Election Commission of India will announce the schedule for Assembly elections in four states and one union territory on Sunday. The dates will be announced in a press conference at 4 p.m. This comes after the poll body met earlier this week on March 11 (Wednesday) to finalize the election schedule and phased poll plan for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry.
The terms of the legislatures of these states end on various dates in May and June. Under election laws, the Commission must hold elections before the end of the term of the respective legislative assemblies.
An extensive special review of the voter lists in these states has been completed, with the final electoral rolls already published.
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The announcement of the survey schedule comes after top ECI officials returned to Delhi on Tuesday this week after completing the multi-state preparedness review. This included Chief Election Commissioner Ganesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
The poll body then met on Wednesday to “evaluate field reports submitted by the state election machinery and central observers”, after which it took a final decision on the polling phases, a senior official told HT.
EC officials conducted a two-day visit to West Bengal in the final phase of the country-wide review process, during which they held meetings with senior administrative officials, police officials, district judges and representatives of political parties.
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March 15, 2026 at 11:53:44 am
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Election schedule 2026 LIVE: The EC will announce the poll schedule for four states and one union territory today
Election Schedule 2026 Live: The Election Commission will on Sunday announce the dates for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry.
The committee is scheduled to reveal the timetable in a press conference at 4 p.m. The legislative assemblies’ sitting periods on these dates end on different dates in the months of May and June.
