State Election Commissioner Basant Pratap Singh has informed that the first phase of polling in the urban body election-2022 will be held on July 6 from 7 am to 5 pm. All preparations have been completed for peaceful polling. Shri Singh has said that voters should exercise their voting rights without any fear.
Polling teams have reached the designated polling stations. In the first phase, polling will be held in 11 municipal corporations, 36 municipalities and 86 Nagar Parishads in 44 districts. A total of 13 thousand 148 polling stations have been made for this. Of these, 3296 polling stations are sensitive. About 79 thousand staff and officers have been deployed on duty in the polling parties. About 27 thousand police force has been deployed.
In the first phase, 101 candidates are in the fray for the post of mayor in 11 municipal corporations. There are 2850 posts of corporator in a total of 133 urban bodies. Out of these 42 posts have been elected unopposed. Election is to be held on the remaining 2808 posts. For this 11 thousand 250 candidates are contesting the elections.
In the first phase, there is no voting in any urban body of Barwani, Jhabua, Khargone, Sidhi and Shahdol districts. The tenure of the urban bodies of Mandla, Alirajpur and Dindori districts is yet to be completed. Therefore, elections have not been announced for the urban bodies of these districts.
In the first phase, one crore 4 lakh 41 thousand 897 voters will be able to exercise their voting rights. Out of these 53 lakh 62 thousand 457 are male voters and 50 lakh 78 thousand 635 are female and 805 other voters.
There are 10 lakh 68 thousand 267 voters in Gwalior Municipal Corporation, 2 lakh 22 thousand 584 in Sagar, 9 lakh 76 thousand 61 in Jabalpur, one lakh 90 thousand 742 in Chhindwara, 17 lakh 6 thousand 735 in Bhopal, one lakh 75 thousand 644 in Khandwa, one lakh 77 thousand 666 in Burhanpur, 18 lakh 35 thousand 955 in Indore and 4 lakh 61 thousand 169 voters in Ujjain district. In this way, the maximum number of voters is in Indore and the least number of voters are in Khandwa Municipal Corporation.
Public holiday in concerned areas
The state government has declared a public holiday on July 6 in the urban bodies where elections are being held.