The elections to the municipal bodies of Haryana will be held on December 27 and the results will be declared on December 30.
Haryana State Election Commissioner Dalip Singh on Thursday said that the nomination papers will be filed from December 11 to 16.
The elections for the seats of Mayor and member of all the wards of the Municipal Corporation in Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat and the President and members of the Municipal Council in Rewari, Sampla, Dharuhera (Rewari) and Ukalana (Hisar) will be held. Besides this, the byelection in the Municipal Committee of Indri (Karnal), Bhuna (Fatehabad), Rajound (Kaithal), Fatehabad and Sirsa have also been notified, he said.
The model code of conduct has come into force from Thursday, Singh said.
The polling will be held between 8 am and 5.50 pm at all the polling stations.
He said that all the COVID-19 guidelines will be implemented strictly. The mandatory sanitization of the polling station will be done a day before the poll. Every person involved in election activity and coming to cast a vote will wear a face mask.
Thermal scanning of all persons shall be made at the entry point of the polling station. Hand gloves will be provided to the voter, for signing on the voter register and pressing the EVM button for voting. Besides this, last one hour time has been fixed for COVID-19 patients and those having virus symptoms to cast their vote, he added.
Singh said that the election of municipalities will be conducted by the use of EVMs. The ballot paper for Mayor and President shall be of pink colour and for members it shall be of white colour. The State Election Commissioner further said that the NOTA (None of the above) option will be used in these elections.
The election expenditure limit for Mayor has been increased from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 22 lakh while the election expenditure limit for Member Corporation has been increased from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 5.50 lakh, he added.