Assembly election 2022: 5 states to vote across 7 phases from February 10, counting of votes on March 10

Assembly election 2022 5 states to vote across 7 phases from February 10, counting of votes on March 10

Question: Election Commission announced the scheduled for Assembly elections for how many states?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Six
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:

  • Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh will go to polls in seven phases between February 10th and March 7th, 2022.
  • The Assembly Election Results 2022 will be declared on March 10th.
  • The Assembly Election Schedule was announced by Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra along with Election Commissioners Rajiv Kumar and Anup Chandra Pandey.
  • The Punjab Assembly Elections 2022 will take place on February 14, 2022.
  • The Punjab Assembly Polls will take place in a single phase along with two other states- Goa and Uttarakhand.
  • The Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls 2022 will take place in seven phases from 10th February to 7th March, 2022.
  • Only Uttar Pradesh elections will take place in seven phases.
  • Manipur elections 2022 will take place in 2 phases.
  • Remaining three states- Goa, Punjab and Uttarakhand will take place in a single phase.

BY: AMIT GUPTA

Reference: https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/india/assembly-election-2022-live-updates-uttar-pradesh-punjab-goa-manipur-uttarakhand-bjp-congress-pm-security-breach-reactions-7712566/lite/