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The Election Commission on Tuesday banned all victory processions by political parties on May 2, when the results of Assembly elections will be announced.
The results for Assembly elections in the four states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry will be out on May 2. West Bengal will vote for the last of its eight rounds of polling on April 29.
“Not more than two persons shall be allowed to accompany the winning candidate or his/her authorized representative [to] receive the certificate of election from the Returning Officer concerned,” the poll panel added.
The commission also asserted that it has continuously directed state and district authorities to enforce instructions of the NDMA to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Assembly polls: EC prohibits victory procession on counting day ANI | Updated: Apr 27, 2021 23:38 IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) prohibited victory procession after the counting of votes of state assembly elections on May 2 in wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases. No victory procession after the counting on May 2, 2021 shall be permissible. Not more than two persons shall be allowed to accompany the winning candidate or
his/her authorized representative to receive the certificate of election from the Returning
Officer concerned, reads the EC s release.
EC s directive comes a day after Madras High court s order on compliance of COVID norms during the poll process on Monday.
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