The State Election Commissioner, Punjab, Jagpal Singh Sandhu on Monday announced the schedule for the elections of 2 Nagar Panchayat Talwara and Bhadson and bye elections for 18 wards of local bodies on June 21.
With the announcement of the schedule, the 'Model Code of Conduct' has come into force immediately in the revenue jurisdiction of these Municipal Corporations, Nagar Panchayats and Municipal Councils.
The Code of Conduct would be in force till the completion of the electoral process.
Sandhu said that the notification and process of filing the nominations would commence on June 4 and June 11 would be the last date for filing the nominations.
The nominations would be scrutinized next day while the date for withdrawal of the nominations would be June 13 which would also be the date for allotting the election symbols to the candidates.
Voting would be held on June 21 from 8 AM till 4 PM and counting of votes would be held after completion of voting process on the same day.