The process of filing nomination papers for the three -tier panchayat elections started on Monday. These elections would be held on June 18, 21 and 24 in all districts of the State barring Haridwar.
The process for filing nominations for Pradhan Village Panchayat, Member Village Panchayat and Member Block Panchayat started at the block offices while for District Panchayat the candidates are filing their papers in the district headquarters.
In Dehradun district two candidates filed their papers for District Panchayat in Raipur block, three in Chakrata block, four in Sahaspur Block, two in Doiwala block and one in Kalsi block. In Vikasnagar block no candidate filed nomination papers on the first day.
The nomination process which started on Monday would end on May 5 (Thursday).
The nomination forms for general candidates are available for Rs 50 for member Village Panchayat, Rs 100 each for Pradhan Village Panchayat and Rs 150 for Member District Panchayat.
For the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and women candidates the forms are available for half of the above mentioned amounts.
The general candidates are required to deposit a
security amount of Rs 100 for member village Panchayat, Rs 500 each for Pradhan Village Panchayat and Member block Panchayat and Rs 1,000 for member district Panchayat while the security deposit for the SC, ST, OBC and women is half what the general candidates are required to deposit.
The elections in 12 districts, 89 blocks and 7657 village Panchayats would be held in three stages and an electorate of 4694689 (2313900 female voters and 2377103 male voters ) would elect 49337 members of village Panchayats, 7657 Village Pradhans, 3054 members of Block Panchayats and 389 members of District Panchayat.
After the end of nominations on June 5 the scrutiny of the nomination papers would take place on June 6, 7 and 9 whileJune 10 is the date
for withdrawal of the nomination papers.
The contesting candidates would be allotted symbols on June 11 and the counting process would start on June 27.