Election will be held in 44 urban bodies of the State from 7 am to 5 pm on Friday. State Election commissioner R Parshuram informed that all the arrangements have been made to hold peaceful election. Elaborated security arrangements have been made.
Directives have been given to erect water proof tents in all election centers for the voters. By-election for corporators of various urban bodies will be held. Votes will be counted from 9 am on August 16.
Parshuram informed that 206 candidates for presidents in urban bodies and 2,133 candidates for corporator posts are in fray. There are 18 nagarpalika parishads and 26 nagar parishads.
There are 8,51,732 voters in these 44 urban bodies including 4,39,607 male, 4,12,061 female, and 64 other voters. Number of wards and voting centers are 780 and 1159 respectively. Average voter per voting center is 735.
Parshuram said that voters can obtain e-voter slip through election app. They can find the address of voting centers by finding routes on google app. The voters can also obtain information about the candidates besides election results.
In addition to this, by-election for 5,631 panchs, 74 sarpanchs, 14 janpad members, 3 jila panchayat members and general election for 356 panchs and 23 sarpanchs will be held on August 11. Votes will be counted on August 16.