Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission here on Monday announced the schedules for the panchayat elections. The election process from nomination to counting would be completed between December 22 and February 22.
The polls would be held in three phases. With the announcement of the polls, the model code of conduct has been promulgated in the areas concerned.
While talking to mediapersons here on Monday, State Election Commissioner R Parshuram said that panchayat elections would be held in three phases across the State; the first phase would start from December 29, 2014 and would end on February 22, 2015 with the last and third phase.
The nomination for the first phase would start from December 22, 2014 and last voting would be conducted on January 13, 2015. The second phase would be conducted in the period December 22, 2014 to February 22, 2015 and last date of the third and final phase would be conducted from February 13, 2015 to February 22, 2015.
Parshuram informed that the nominations would commence from December 22, the last date for withdrawal of nominations would be December 29, while scrutiny of nominations would be held on January 1. The elections would be held in three phases and the counting of each phase would be completed after the polling, he added. The first phase of polling will be held on January 13 and the counting of this phase will be completed on January 16. The second phase polling is scheduled on January 31 and its counting will be on February 4, he said, adding that the the polling for last phase will be held on February 19 and its counting will be on February 22.
Parshuram further said that the polling will be held from 7 am to 3 pm. The polling for the posts of panch and sarpanch posts will be through ballots, while for the posts of district and janpad members, the polling will be through EVMs.
The counting for the posts of panch and sarpanch will be held at the polling booths only, while the counting for the posts of district and janpad panchayat members will be held at block headquarters.