The by-elections for the vacant posts of the pradhans and gram panchayat, chetra panchayat and zila panchayat members in Uttarakhand will be held on June 10. The counting would be held on June 13. Uttarakhand election commission has issued the notification on the poling on Wednesday.
Pauri district magistrate and district election officer (Panchayat) Chandrasekhar Bhatt said that the model code of conduct would be enforced in all the blocks of the district from May 30 and it would remain in force till June 13.
Following the notification, the returning officers and assistant returning officers have been appointed for different blocks to conduct the by-elections. They have been instructed to see to it that the model code of conduct is not violated in any form since the time it is enforced. It is also said that the returning officer and their assistants will remain in the blocks concerned till the procedure of the by-election is completed.
Bhatt further said that the by-elections for 115 gram panchayat members and four gram panchayat pradhans will be held in the Pauri district.
DM said that the nomination papers will be filed on May 30 and 31 for the vacant posts of the three-tier panchayats. The scrutiny will be conducted on June 1 and the symbol would be allotted to the candidates on May 2.The voting will be held in the blocks from 8 am to 5 pm on June 10. The results would be declared on June 13.