The Election Commission of India will announce poll dates for five states– Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Mizoram on Monday. The press conference will begin at 12:00 p.m. today.
The term of the Mizoram assembly, with 40 members, is ending in December while that of the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly and three more states are ending in January.
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The assemblies of Madhya Pradesh (230-member), Rajasthan (200-member), and Telangana (119-member) will also go to polls in the coming weeks.
The Election Commission has been visiting the five poll-bound states over the last two months to oversee the preparations.
The polling is likely to be held anytime between November second week to December first week, sources told News18.
They said that polling in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, and Telangana would be held in a single phase, like that in 2018.
Polling in Chhattisgarh is likely to be held in two phases, the EC sources added.
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