Assembly polls in Rajasthan would now be held on November 25 instead of November 23 as announced earlier, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Wednesday. The change in schedule has been effected considering “large-scale” weddings and social engagements on the earlier date.
On October 9, the ECI had announced election dates for five States including Rajasthan where polls were scheduled to be held on November 23.
“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 weddings and social engagements 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 poll body said in a statement on Wednesday.
