Under the three-tier panchayat election, 17,898 nomination papers received till June 02.
The process of receiving nomination papers has started from May 30. Secretary State Election Commission Rakesh Singh has informed that 445 nomination papers have been submitted for District Panchayat member, 1445 for Janpad Panchayat member, 9845 for Sarpanch and 6163 for post of Panch.
For District Panchayat member, 7 candidates have submitted nomination papers in district Bhopal, 2 in Sheopur, 8 in Morena, 16 in Bhind, 20 in Gwalior, 7 in Datia, 39 in Shivpuri, 3 in Guna, 5 in Ashoknagar, 15 in Sagar, 15 in Tikamgarh, 12 in Chhatarpur, 16 in Damoh, 11 in Panna, 21 in Satna, 4 in Rewa, 10 in Sidhi, 11 in Singrauli, 4 in Shahdol, 7 in Anuppur, 4 in Umaria, 1 in Katni, 9 in Jabalpur, 3 in Dindori, 5 in Seoni, 2 in Narsinghpur, 7 in Chhindwara, 14 in Betul, 3 in Narmadapuram, 22 in Raisen, 13 in Vidisha, 11 in Sehore, 11 in Rajgarh, 6 in Agar Malwa, 12 in Shajapur, 2 in Dewas, 4 in Khandwa, 18 in Khargone, 7 in Barwani, 11 in Jhabua, 8 in Dhar, 6 in Indore, 11 in Ujjain, 4 in Ratlam, 11 in Mandsaur, 2 in Neemuch and 5 candidate filed nomination in Niwari.
It is noteworthy that nomination papers will be taken till June 6 for the three-tier panchayat elections. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on June 7. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is June 10.
Allotment of election symbols will also take place on the same day. Voting for the first phase will be held on June 25, for the second phase on July 1st and for the third phase on July 8 from 7 am to 3 pm.
The declaration of election results for Panch-Sarpanch and Janpad Panchayat member will be done on July 14 and for District Panchayat member on July 15.