District Magistrate/ District Election Officer (panchayat) Chandra Sekhar Bhatt said that the election of Deputy Pradhan in all gram panchayats in the district will be held on August 29. The nomination, scrutiny, withdrawal of nomination, allotment of symbol, polling of votes will be held the same day from10 am to 4 pm. After these procedures are over the counting will commence and result will be declared thereafter.
For the election of Deputy Pradhan, district election officer has called a meeting of all gram panchayats in the concerned gram panchayat headquarters on 29 August and the meeting could be organised in the building of gram panchayat, a primary school or in a public place.
With the necessary changes, the process of the election of deputy pradhan will be the same as election of gram panchayat and all processes of the election will be held in the concerned gram panchayat, added Bhatt.
Bhatt said nominations for the posts will be filed from 10 to 11 am, scrutiny will be done from 11 to 12 pm, withdrawal of nomination from 12 to 12.30 pm and the allotment of symbol to contesting candidates from 12.30 to 1 pm. The polling will be held from 1.30 to 3.30 pm and the counting of votes will start from 4 pm.
The general election of 1207 deputy pradhan of gram panchayat in the district includes the elections of deputy pradhans in Thallisain block -107, Nainidanda-88, Pauri-63, Jahrikhal-72, Khirsu-43, Pokhara-58, Kaljikhal-86, Paubo-74, Beerokhal-101, Rikhinkhal-81, Yamkeshwar-86, Ekeshwar-81, Dwarikhal-96, Duggada-102 and Kot block-69.