Despite Maoist threat, as many as 12 candidates filed have filed nominations for Samiti Member seats in five gram panchayats in Malkangiri district’s Chitrakonda cutoff area, according to information on Wednesday.
However, none turned to file nomination papers for Ward Member and Sarpanch posts in the cutoff area.
In another development, the nomination paper of Maoist supporter Nachika linga was cancelled during scrutiny on Wednesday. linga, who is currently in the Koraput Jail, had filed nomination for a ZP seat through the Jail Superintendent.
While scrutiny of nomination papers was conducted today, the list of valid candidates for various posts like Ward Member, Sarpanch, Samiti Member and Zilla Parishad Member would be published on Thursday.
According to information, over 2,20,000 candidates have submitted nominations for various seats for which elections would be held in five phases from February 13.
As per schedule, candidates can withdraw nominations from Thursday to January 20. The final list of candidates would be published on January 21.
The State Election Commission is likely to take a decision soon regarding the areas where nominations have not been filed due to various reasons, including Maoist threat.