As soon as the Election Commission announced the schedule for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, the Rajasthan government declared dry days coinciding with the voting days and vote counting day in the state.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer, Praveen Gupta, an order in this regard has been issued by the Finance (Excise) Department. There will be dry days from April 17-19, 2024 and from April 24-26, 2024. June 4 will also be a dry day when the counting of votes will take place.
As per the order, the first phase of voting is to be held on April 19 and there will be dry days in the state from 6 pm on April 17 till the end of voting on April 19, 2024.
In the first phase in the state, voting will be held in 12 Lok Sabha constituencies: Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa and Nagaur.
For the second phase of voting to be held on April 26 and Bagidora Assembly constituency bypolls, there will be a dry day in the State from 6 pm on April 24 till the end of voting on April 26, 2024.
In the second phase, voting will be held on April 26 in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies: Tonk-Sawaimadhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Basanwada, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota and Jhalawar-Baran.
A dry day has also been declared on June 4 in Rajasthan when the counting of votes will take place.
