The election schedule for the five Assembly States has been announced. Briefing reporters in New Delhi yesterday, the Chief Election Commissioner, S.Y.Qureshi said that elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry will be held on 13th of next month in one phase. He said, in Assam, the votes will be cast in two phases on 4th and 11th of April. West Bengal will have a six-phase poll schedule. Mr. Qureshi said it will begin on the 18th of April and conclude on 10th of May. Counting of votes will take place on the 13th of May. Mr. Qureshi said that model code of conduct has come into effect immediately. He said for the first time the election commission will distribute voter slips to the electorate through booth level officers and said that a call centre will be established to receive complaints from voters. To curb the menace of money power in elections, Mr. Qureshi said an expenditure monitoring division has been set up in commission manned by senior income tax officials. He said several other measures for strict scrutiny and monitoring of expenditure have been taken.