The State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday issued notification for elections to 106 Urban Local Bodies (47 Municipalities and 59 NACs) and three municipal corporations in the State, which is scheduled to be held on March 24.
The counting of votes and declaration of results would take place on March 26.
Filing of nomination papers would be allowed from March 2 to March 7. Scrutiny of the nomination papers would be held on March 9 while withdrawal of nomination papers would be allowed up to March 14.
Direct elections to the posts of Mayors in municipal corporations and Chairpersons of municipalities and Notified Area Councils (NACs) would be held this time.
More than 27 lakh voters would exercise their franchise at 3,030 booths in 1,731 wards of the 106 ULBs.
Similarly, polling would be held at 1,407 booths in 168 wards of three municipal corporations Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) and Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC).
There would be NOTA option in the ULB elections for the first time.
The notification for elections to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) was also issued on the day.
The candidates can file nomination papers between 11 am and 3 pm from March 2 to 7. The nominations would be scrutinised on March 9 and list of eligible candidates would be released on March 10.
The candidates can withdraw their nominations by 3 pm on March 14 and the final list of candidates would be published at 5 pm on the same day.
The elections for Corporator and Mayor post are scheduled to begin from 8 am to 5 pm on March 24. The counting of votes will be held from 8 am on March 26. The names of elected Mayor and Corporators would be declared on March 29.
A meeting chaired by the newly elected Mayor would be held on March 31 for Deputy Mayor election scheduled on April 8.
The BMC polls would be held for 67 wards at 705 booths.