A notification for Vidhan Sabha Election will be issued on Friday. According to the announcement of the Election Commission of India voting will be held on November 28 and counting will take place on December 11.
Nomination forms can be submitted at the office of the Returning Officer from November 2 to 9, 2018 between 11 am to 3 pm. Nomination forms cannot be filed on November 04 ie Sunday and November 7 because of Deepawali, a public holiday. Nomination form in 4 sets maximum can be submitted by the candidates. A maximum of 3 vehicles and 5 people (Candidate +4) are allowed in the perimeter of 100 meter of the office of the returning officer at the time of filing the nomination. The final list of candidates for contesting election will be issued after the process of withdrawal of names on November 14.
The candidates are required to deposit a sum of Rs 10,000 and candidates belonging to scheduled caste/ scheduled tribe category are required to deposit Rs 5,000 in the form of security deposit. The candidates are required to submit form A and Form B till 3 pm of the last date of filing nomination. As per the order of the Supreme Court dated September 25, 2018, candidates are required to submit form-26 along with the affidavit furnishing detail about the criminal cases, if any ( cases of conviction and all pending cases), detail of PAN, status of filing his/ her income tax detail besides his/her wife/husband and dependents, detail of immovable and movable assets of candidate, husband/wife and all the dependents and their liabilities towards government and public financial institutions, profession of candidate, wife/husband or detail of means of livelihood and highest academic qualification.
It is expected that the candidates will fill all the columns in the affidavits to be submitted along with the nomination forms and will not leave any column blank. Therefore, at the time of filing of nominations, returning officers will examine that whether all the columns of the affidavits are filled by the candidates. The candidates are required to take oath either before the Commissioner for Oaths or First Class Magistrate or Public Notary.