The “No court, no vote” slogan is getting thinner as 143 candidates filed their papers on Monday with one day left for filing of nominations, taking the total papers filed so far to 569 for the elections to 22 urban local bodies (UlBs) in nine districts of western Odisha to be held on November 22.
However, not a single nomination is so far filed in four UlBs in three districts, Balangir Municipality and Titilagarah NAC in Balangir district, Deograh Municipality in Deogarh and Khariar Road Municipality in Nuapada district.
While 69 nominations were filed on the first day on November 28, 35 were filed on November 29, 51 on November 30, 125 on November 31 and 146 on December 1, according to State Election Commission sources.
Only one nomination was filed in Patnagarh UlB in Balangir district while three were filed in Bargarh and seven in Barpali in Bargarh district and nine in Kuchinda NAC in Sambalpur district.
The highest number of nominations of 99 was filed in Rajgangpur Municipality in Sundargarah district followed by 78 in Jharsuguda Municipality and 74 in Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda district and 54 in Biramitrapur Municipality and 46 in Sundargarah Municipality in Sundargarh district.