A total of 2294 seats have been kept reserved for the women candidates in the three- tier Panchayat election in Haridwar district.
State election commissioner Subardhan said that a total of 1998 seats have been kept reserved for women for the election of Gram Panchayat members while 156 seats for the election of Gram Panchayat Pradhans, 116 for Kshetra Panchayat members and 24 for District Panchayat members.
As far as the election of Gram Panchayat members is concerned, 13 seats, including nine for women, have been kept reserved for the persons belonging to Scheduled Tribes while 1042 seats, including 594 for women, for the persons from Scheduled Castes and 367 seats, including 261 for women, for the persons belonging to Other Backward Castes.
For the election of Gram Panchayat Pradhans, one seat has been kept reserved for the women from ST category whereas 81 seats, including 41 for women, have been kept reserved for SC category persons. And, 164 seats, including 84 for women, have been reserved for OBC category persons for the same posts.
For the election of Kshetra Panchayat members, 58 seats, including 30 for women, are kept reserved for SC category persons while 27 seats, including 16 for women, are kept reserved for OBC category persons.
For the election for District Panchayat members, 12 seats, including six for women, are reserved for SC and six seats, including three for women, for OBCs. No seat has been reserved for ST category persons for the posts of Kshetra Panchayat and District Panchayat members, he added.