Watch | Election Commission announcing Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh poll dates

Speaking of term end date, the tenure of Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh Legislative Assemblies ends in January 2024 while that of Mizoram ends in December this year.

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has started its customary press conference to announce to announce dates for the poll-bound states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram. The poll panel is holding a press conference here and will announce the dates. You can watch the press conference in the following link.

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  Voter inducement is the primary area, we want to focus on to maintain sanctity of elections. Integrated teams comprising multiple agencies including police monitoring the cash flow have been asked to dry up the cash flow into the elections states/constituencies, Rajiv Kumar said.
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  60 lakh first voters to participate in elections this year. The number is huge because of the recent amendment to the qualifying dates, the CEC said.
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  Chief Electoral Officer Rajiv Kumar said Assembly Constituencies going for polls is 679 from five states - Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana. The tenure of Mizoram will end at the earliest in December and the rest of the states have tenure till January 2024.

In the last few days, the poll panel team led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar took stock of poll preparedness in these five poll-bound states. Last week, it organised a brief meeting with the election observers in Delhi to ensure that elections are conducted transparently and to finalise strategy for smooth conduct of the democratic exercise.

Among the states, Rajasthan has 200 seats while Madhya Pradesh accounts for 230 seats. Telangana has 119 seats, Chhattisgarh 90 seats and Mizoram comprises 40 assembly seats. Of these five states, Madhya Pradesh is currently being governed by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) while Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are being governed by the Congress. In Telangana, there is a government of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). Mizoram is currently governed by Mizo National Front (MNF) which is an ally of the BJP.

Speaking of term end date, the tenure of Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh Legislative Assemblies ends in January 2024 while that of Mizoram ends in December this year.

The BJP will be keen to retain power in Madhya Pradesh and wrest power in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh from the Congress. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, earlier this month, already sounded a poll bungle for Telangana polls by taking rallies in the state.