Poll panel likely to announce assembly election schedule this week
August 24, 2014  10:09
The election process for states going to polls is expected to be set in motion as the Election Commission is likely to announce dates in this regard in the middle of next week. 

The terms of the legislative assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra are coming to an end on October 27 and November 8 respectively. The terms of the legislative assemblies of Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir are ending on January 3 and 19 next year. 

Sources in the poll body said festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi, Dussehra and Diwali and the deployment of central forces will decide the dates of assembly polls in Maharashtra and Haryana.
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