Assam Panchayat Polls To Be Held In Two Phases On Could 2, 7; Outcomes On Could 11
GUWAHATI: Panchayat elections shall be held in two phases on Could 2 and Could 7 in Assam’s 27 districts for the primary time after the delimitation of constituencies, State Election Commissioner Alok Kumar stated on Wednesday. The notification for the polls shall be issued on Thursday and the final date of submitting of nomination is April 11, Kumar stated at a press convention right here.
The scrutiny of nomination papers and the listing of validly nominated candidates shall be held on April 12, whereas the final date of withdrawal of candidature is April 17 until 3 pm. The publication of the ultimate listing of contesting candidates is scheduled for a similar day after 3 p.M. Polling shall be held on each days from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm and repoll, if any, for the primary part shall be held on Could 4 and for the second part on Could 9, Kumar stated.
The counting of votes for each phases shall be held concurrently on Could 11, he stated. Polling within the first part shall be held within the districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Majuli, Jorhat, Golaghat, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Biswanath, Cachar, Hailakandi and Sribhumi. Within the second part, voting will happen in Dhubri, South Salmara, Mankachar, Goalpara, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Bajali, Nalbari, Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro), Hojai Nagaon, Morigaon and Darrang.
Seven districts of the state are underneath the Sixth Schedule of the Structure, the place autonomous council polls are held, Kumar stated. A complete citizens of 1,80,36,682, comprising 90,71,264 males, 89,65,010 females and 408 others, are eligible to train their franchise in 25,007 polling stations, he stated.
The scale of the citizens has registered a rise of 13.27 per cent since 2018, whereas there was a 6 per cent rise within the variety of polling stations from 23,505 in 2018. The overall seats embrace 21,920 gram panchayat (GP) members with 10,883 seats for ladies, 2,192 GP presidents, together with 1,097 reserved for ladies, 2,192 GP vice-presidents, 2,192 anchalik parishad (AP) members, 181 AP presidents, 181 AP vice presidents and 397 zilla parishad members, the official stated.
Kumar stated the mannequin code of conduct in rural areas of districts the place panchayat elections shall be held would come into power with fast impact from Wednesday. Panchayat elections have been scheduled to be held final 12 months, however have been delayed as a result of delimitation train within the state adopted by a number of writ petitions filed within the Gauhati Excessive Courtroom, difficult the delimitation of some panchayats.
The Gauhati Excessive Courtroom had directed the Assam State Election Fee to not concern any notification relating to holding of panchayat polls with out its permission until January 9, after listening to the writ petitions. The courtroom subsequently allowed panchayat elections to be held besides within the areas talked about in 9 writ petitions in Sribhumi, Hailakandi, Cachar and Morigaon.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had then stated that although the courtroom had paved the best way for panchayat elections, it could possibly be held solely after the board examinations of Lessons 10 and 12, which concluded within the final week of March.
