|
Day |
| Proclamation for a new Parliament; Dissolution
of Parliament; Issuing the Writ |
0 |
-17 |
| Receipt of the Writ |
+1 |
-16 |
| Notice of Election. To be published before
16:00 hours |
+3 |
-14 |
| Submission of nomination papers starting
on the day after the Notice of Election was published and only
between 10:00 hours and 16:00 hours |
+4 |
-13 |
| Deadline for submission of of nomination
papers: 16:00 hours |
+6 |
-11 |
| Deadline for withdrawals: 16:00
hours |
+6 |
-11 |
| Deadline to appoint election agents:
16:00 hours |
+6 |
-11 |
| Objections to nominations: 10:00 hours
to 12:00 hours but can be extended to 17:00 hours |
+6 |
-11 |
| Publication of Nominations (including
Notice of Poll) and List of Polling Stations: 16:00 hours |
+6 |
-11 |
| Deadline for changes and cancellations
of postal and proxy votes: 17:00 hours |
+6 |
-11 |
| Deadline for new postal and proxy votes:
17:00 hours |
+11 |
-6 |
| Deadline for register alterations (clerical
errors and court decisions) |
+12 |
-5 |
| Start of replacement postal ballot papers RPR 2001, Regulation
78 |
+14 |
-3 |
| Deadline for counting and polling agents |
+15 |
-2 |
| Deadline for replacement spoilt or lost
postal ballot papers: 17:00 hours |
+16 |
-1 |
| Election Day 07:00 - 22:00
hours |
+17 |
0 |
Deadline for election expenses (assuming
the Result is declared after midnight).
This is 5
ordinary weeks including weekends and holidays. |
+53 |
+36 |
| Parliamentary Casual Vacancies |
|
The General Election Timetable (shown above)
applies with these changes decided by the Returning Officer:
- Deadline for
submitting nominations (between Day +6 and Day +8)
- Election Day
(between the above Nomination
deadline
+9 days and the Nomination
deadline
+11 days)
|
Election Timetable