The 26 wards of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) will go to polls on December 18.
Chandigarh State election commissioner Rakesh Mehta on Tuesday said that the election results will be announced on December 20.
With the declaration of the elections, model code of conduct has come in force with immediate effect, he said.
The city has around
5,07,190 voters, including 2,70,358 males, 2,36,819 females, and 13 third gender. During the election, there will be around 460 polling booths in the city.
Mehta said filing of nominations will commence from November 22 and continue till November 29. The nominations will be scrutinised on November 30 and the last date for withdrawal of candidatures is December 3. The hours of polling on December 18 will be from 8 am to 5 pm, said he.
The current mayor of Municipal Corporation is Arun Sood from BJP. In the draw of lots for the reservation of wards, ward numbers 5, 6, 7, 11 and 23 were reserved for SC candidates. Of the five wards, ward numbers 5 and 6 were reserved for SC women candidates. Similarly, ward numbers 2, 4, 9, 12, 13, 15 and 17 were reserved for women (general) candidates.
During the last polls, the voter turnout was 58 per cent. The Election Commission aims at bringing the voter turnout to more than 60 per cent this year.