 bill no 329 of  2015 the representation of the people (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri rahul shewale, mp a billfurther to amend the representation of the people (amendment) act, 1951be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the representation of the people (amendment) act, 2015 2 in section 30 of representation of the people act, 1951,—(i) in clause (d), for the words "fourteenth day", the words "seventh day" shall be substituted; and(ii) after clause (e), the following proviso shall be added at the end, namely:—"provided that where a general election is to be held for the purpose of constituting a new legislative assembly of only one state, the poll shall be held on a single day" statement of objects and reasonsat present, election to fill up a seat in legislative assembly or parliament can be held only after fourteenth day from the date of withdrawal of nominations this period appears to be a  long gap and money power and muscle power could play its dirty role in the elections moreover, it has been seen that many a times non-serious candidates are also in the fray due to reasons best known to them it is felt that elections should be held immediately after the last date for the withdrawal is over in order to ensure free and fair polls therefore, it is proposed to curtail the waiting period of fourteen days for elections to seven daysit has been observed that elections to parliament or assemblies of states are held in different phases ie scattered and not held on a single date this results in channelization of energy of bureaucrats and others in election process leading to complete stoppage of even routine work in the state moreover, if enough time is given, it leads to unnecessary expenditure, irregularities, hatred and tension if the poll is held on a single date, all these things could be avoided intention behind holding of polls in different phases may be deployment of security forces in order to ensure peaceful election however, to start with, if general election is held to fill up seats in the legislative assembly of only one state, poll must be held on a single day by deploying adequate security forcesthis bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;rahul shewalenovember 13, 2015 annexureextract from the representation of the people act, 1951(act no 43 of 1951)appointment of dates for nominations, etc30 (d) the date or dates on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken, which or the first of which shall be a date not earlier than the fourteenth day after the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the representation of the people (amendment) act, 1951————(shri rahul shewale, mp)gmgipmrnd—2826ls(s-3)—09122015