Municipal Corporation elections have been announced in Chandigarh. Nominations will start from 27th November. Which will run till 4th December. After this, voting will take place on 24 December. At the same time, voting will be held on December 24. Counting will take place on the 27th. State Election Commissioner SK Srivastava announced this on Monday.
He told me that from November 27 to December 4, the nomination will be held from 11 am to 3 pm. The process will be closed on holidays. This time candidates can also make nominations online, but the digital copy of the same will have to be submitted. The important thing is that there is a hearing in the High Court tomorrow regarding the election. The Election Commissioner said that we are presenting our side. Whatever order comes from there will be implemented.
The scrutiny of nominations will take place on December 6. Then on December 9, nominations can be withdrawn. Voting will be held on December 24 from 7:30 am to 5 pm. For the first time in Chandigarh, elections will be held on 35 wards. Earlier there were 26 wards. For this, 6 lakh 30 thousand voters will choose councilors for themselves. Of these, there are about 3.5 lakh male and 2.99 lakh female voters. There are also 17 third-gender voters in this.
9 Returning Officers have been made for nomination. There is a returning officer in the 4th ward. The Code of Conduct for the Chandigarh Corporation Elections shall also be applicable to all the Central and State Offices located in the Union Territory in the city. This time the maximum limit of expenditure will be Rs 5 lakh. 6 thousand will have to be deposited at the time of nomination. For SC / ST this amount will be 3 thousand. During the campaign, action will be taken on writing posters and slogans on the wall.
This time voters will get booth and candidate information through the mobile app. Soon the commission will give information about the app. At the same time, there will be a single window in the DC office for the permission of the candidate.
This time the campaigning will stop 72 hours before the start of the elections. Earlier this time was 48 hours. The time for campaigning has been fixed from 10 am to 7 pm. This time the photograph of the candidate will also be on the EVM.
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