New Delhi, March 3: The entire Election Commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner B.B. Tandon, will visit Assam on Monday to review poll preparations in the state.

Sources in the poll panel said Tandon, along with two other election commissioners N. Gopalaswami and Navin Chawla, would hold a series of review meetings with senior civil and police officials during the two-day visit.

Elections to the 126-member state Assembly is scheduled to be held in two phases. While 65 constituencies will go to polls on April 3, balloting would take place for another 61 seats in the second phase on April 10. Notification for the first phase will be issued on March 10.

In another poll-related development, the Election Commission directed the Kerala government to defer implementation of the pay commission report for revision of wages for government employees and teachers till the completion of the poll process.