After the assembly elections, now the preparations have started for the Aligarh-Hathras Local Bodies Legislative Council seat on the instructions of the Election Commission. For this, the process of nomination will start from March 15, which will continue till March 19. Polling will be held on April 9 and counting of votes will take place on April 12.
A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy District Election Officer Rakesh Kumar Patel with the office bearers of political parties in the office of the Collectorate. Deputy District Election Officer informed that elections will be held for 36 seats of MLC including Aligarh-Hathras across the state. The commission has issued notification regarding the elections. The nomination process for MLC elections will start from March 15 and will continue till March 21.
He said that the term of MLC members ended on March 7 and the Election Commission has announced the schedule for their biennial election in two phases. He informed that re-enrolment will start from March 15, 2022 and will continue till March 19. Voting will be held on 9th April from 8 am to 4 pm and counting of votes will take place on April 12. He said that the nomination papers filled on February 4 and 5 in the election program announced earlier would also be considered valid. ADM City informed that 3533 voters including MPs, MLAs, District Panchayat members, councilors, Kshetra Panchayat members and village heads etc. will participate in 28 centers for Aligarh Local Authority Constituency. In this, 20 polling stations have been fixed in Aligarh and eight in Hathras. These include 2296 voters of Aligarh and 1234 of Hathras.
He said that the list of polling stations has been made available to the office bearers of political parties.
If any party has any objection regarding any polling station, then it can make its claim available till March 10. Claims received after the due date will not be considered. Assistant Returning Officer Kaushal Kumar, Shivnarayan Sharma, Idrish Mohammad, Ashok Singh, Roshan Lal Mahour, Udayveer, Munish Ahmed Ghazi, Farooq Ahmed, Ahmed Siddiqui, Rajesh Saini, Parvez Khan etc. were present in the meeting.