Stage is set for December 17 polls for three municipal corporations and 29 municipal councils and nagar panchayats.
The polls would be held in respect of 222 wards out of 225 wards of three municipal corporations and 327 wards of the 29 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, said the spokesperson of State Election Commission.
With regard to 90 wards, the candidates have won unopposed and out of these, three candidates belong to Patiala Municipal Corporation and 87 to the Municipal Councils and the Nagar Panchayats.
Spokesoperson said that there would be a total of 873 polling stations in the state having 1,938 polling booths.
For the purpose, a total of 8,000 election staff and 15,500 police personnel would perform duties at these polling stations.
“413 candidates are in the fray in 85 wards of Amritsar where 7,69,153 voter would exercise their franchise. Out of these 4,08,231 are male while 3,60,922 are female. 3000 officials would perform duties as electoral staff at 366 booths and 4,686 police personnel would perform various security
related tasks,” said the spokesperson.
Spokesperson said that a total of 305 candidates are in fray from 80 wards of Jalandhar where 5,60,261 voters would cast their votes, including 2,90,617 male and 2,69,644 females. There would be 262 polling stations and 554 polling booths in Jalandhar where 2300 electoral staff and 2355 police personnel would be deployed, said he spokesperson.
Similarly, the polls would be conducted in 57 out of total 60 wards of Patiala Municipal Corporation and 245 polling booths have been established in 68 polling stations. A total of 1,016 electoral staff and 1,711 police personnel would be deployed and 2,60,664 voters would cast their vote including 1,35,487 male and 1,25,177 females.
Divulging further, the spokesperson said that the polls are also being conducted in 29 municipal councils or nagar panchayats having total 327 wards. There are 2,68,909 voters which include 1,39,695 male and 1,29,214 females. A total of 1,350 electoral staff apart from 6,500 police personnel would perform duty in these polls.
Spokesperson said that as per the report of Amritsar district administration, 154 polling stations out of total 366 have been declared sensitive while 136 have been declared very sensitive. Similarly, out of 554 polling booths in Jalandhar, 344 have been declared sensitive and 31 as very sensitive.
Spokesperson said that the Commission has also ordered videography in all the polling stations declared very sensitive. As per the orders issued in respect of counting of votes when the voting process would be completed and the ballot paper prepared then only the returning officer of the ward concerned would order counting, said the spokesperson.
In case, the electoral process is not completed as per the provisions in the sections 58, 59 and 60 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, in any polling station, the returning officer would inform the State Election Commission.
The work related to the counting of votes would begin after getting the orders of the Commission the same day.