The Odisha Cooperative Election Commissioner on Wednesday issued a notification for the elections to cooperative societies in the State.
Commissioner Krushna Gopal Mohapatra informed that elections to the cooperative bodies would be held on two dates, January 18 and 25 next year. The elections would be held for 9,733 primary cooperative societies.The State Government had been deferring the cooperative polls over the last 18 months. The overdue elections were postponed last month again for six months through an Ordinance.
Elections to the cooperative societies were last held seven years back in 2007.The Government had issued a notification on October 17 to hold the elections in nearly 10,600 cooperative societies (primary, central and apex).