| Election Commission Of India | ||
| STATE ELECTIONS 2003 | ||
Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assembly | |||||
| 1 | Announcement of elections | 11 Jan, 2003(Saturday) | |||
| 2 | Issue of Notification | 31 Jan, 2003 (Friday) | |||
| 3 | Last Date for filing nominations | 07 Feb, 2003 (Friday) | |||
| 4 | Scrutiny of nominations | 08 Feb, 2003 (Saturday) | |||
| 5 | Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures | 10 Feb, 2003 (Monday) | |||
| 6 | Date of Poll * | 26 Feb, 2003 (Wednesday) | |||
| 7 | Counting of votes on * | 01 Mar, 2003 (Saturday) | |||
| 8 | Date before which the election shall be completed | 07 Mar, 2003 (Friday) | |||
| 9 | Hours of Poll | 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. | |||
* For ACs 1-Kinnaur (ST), 54-Bharmour (ST) & 55-Lahaul and Spiti (ST) of Himachal Pradesh, Date of Poll
and Counting will be on 8th June, 2003 (Sunday) and 11th June, 2003 (Wednesday) respectively.