For the first time, NOTA (none of the above) option will be given to the voters in the general election for the Municipal Corporation, Faridabad and Municipal Council, Bhiwani, along with by-elections in ward no. 3, Municipal Council, Mandi Dabwali on January 8.
Haryana State Election Commissioner, Dalip Singh on Wednesday announced the election schedule and said that NOTA option would be given to the voters in MC elections.
He said that observers above the rank of Superintendent of Police have been appointed for the first time in the municipalities where general elections would be held. They will oversee the law and order, deployment of police force and keep a watch on the anti-social elements through district police force, said he.
Jagdish Chander Nagar, DIG, SCB, Faridabad and Sibash Kabiraj, DIG, HAP, Madhuban, have been appointed police observers for the Faridabad MC and Bhiwani Municipai Council, respectively, Singh informed
As many as 10.28 lakh voters including 5,74,257 males and 4,54,433 females, in the MC Faridabad and 1.21 lakh voters, including 64,242 males and 56,894 females, in the Municipal Council, Bhiwani, would exercise their franchise.
About 4,000 polling personnel for the Faridabad MC and 450 polling personnel for the Bhiwani MC would be deployed during the elections. Heavy police force would be deployed to maintain law and order at the polling stations, especially at the sensitive and hyper-sensitive areas for conducting the elections, said Singh. While election would be held on January 8, the result would be declared on completion of the counting the same day, he said.