New Delhi: Assembly elections in five states including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab are most likely to be held between second week of February and the beginning of March, informed sources said yesterday. Sources said that the Election Commission (EC) may announce dates of the assembly election by last week of December.Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur will elect their new assemblies by next year.
In Uttar Pradesh, there may be a four cornered contest among the ruling Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress while in Punjab, the new entrant Aam Aadmi Party has made the contest triangular.
