State Election Commissioner Basant Pratap Singh has informed that the voting for the second and last phase of Urban Body Election-2022 will be held on July 13 from 7 am to 5 pm. All preparations have been completed for peaceful polling. The State Election Commissioner has appealed to the voters to cast their vote fearlessly.
In the second phase, polling will be held in 5 municipal corporations, 40 municipal councils and 169 Nagar Parishad in 43 districts. A total of 6 thousand 829 polling centres have been set up for this. Out of these, 1627 polling centres are sensitive. About 34 thousand officers and employees in the polling parties have been posted on duty. About 17 thousand police personnel has been deployed.
In the second phase, a total of 44 mayoral candidates are in the fray in 5 municipal corporations. There are 3657 posts of corporators in a total of 214 bodies. Out of these, election on 79 posts has been held unopposed. Election is to be held on the remaining 3578 posts. For this 15 thousand 312 candidates are contesting the elections.
In the second phase, 49 lakh 9 thousand 280 voters will be able to exercise their Voting rights. Of these, 25 lakh 20 thousand 923 are males, 23 lakh 88 thousand 65 are females and 292 are other voters. Total voters in Municipal Corporation Morena are 2 lakh 52 thousand 817. Out of these, there are one lakh 35 thousand 467 males, one lakh 17 thousand 333 females and 17 other voters. There are a total of one lakh 71 thousand 57 voters in Rewa. Of these, 88 thousand 886 are males, 82 thousand 159 females and 12 are other voters. There are total one lakh 93 thousand 388 voters in Katni. Of these, there are 97 thousand 444 males, 95 thousand 935 females and 9 other voters. There are 2 lakh 39 thousand 692 voters in Dewas. Of these, one lakh 21 thousand 731 are males, one lakh 17 thousand 955 females and 6 other voters. There are a total of 2 lakh 14 thousand 337 voters in Ratlam Municipal Corporation. Of these, one lakh 7 thousand 166 are males, one lakh 7 thousand 167 females and 4 are other voters.
In the urban bodies where elections are to be held on July 13, the state government has declared a public holiday.