Elections to the two newly-created urban local bodies, Kandhamal district’s Baliguda NAC and Keonjhar district’s Champua NAC, would be held on January 19, 2016. The State Election Commission issued a notification in this regard on Saturday.
As per the schedule, the concerned Election Officers would issue notice for elections onDecember 23. Filing of nominations would begin on December 29 and continue till January 2. The nominations papers would be scrutinised on January 4. The last date for withdrawal of nomination papers is January 7 (3 pm) and the final lists of candidates would be published at 5 pm on the same day.
Voting would be held between 8 am and 5 pm on January 19 and counting of votes and result declaration would take place on January 21. Electronic Voting Machines would be used, informed an official release.
The Chairman elections have been scheduled to be held on February 5 and the Vice-Chairmen’s on February 24.
It may be noted that the Urban Development Department had issued an official gazette on December 5, 2015 to elect Councillors to all wards of Baliguda and Champua in order to constitute them as NACs. The two NAC have 13 wards each and 12,764 and 9,508 voters, respectively.