The elections for the position of Deputy Pradhan Village Panchayat in the 12 districts of state barring Haridwar would be conducted on August 29.
The elections for the various positions of the three tier Panchayati raj system in these districts were recently conducted. Releasing the schedule of election the State Election Commissioner (SEC) Subardhan said that the nomination for deputy Pradhan would be from 10 am to 11 am on August 29, the scrutiny of the papers would be from 11 am-12 noon on the same day.
The contestants can take back their names from 12 noon to 12.30 pm and the symbols would be allotted from 12.30 to 1 pm. The elections would take place from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm and the counting of votes would occur from 4 pm. The results would be announced same day. The deputy Pradhans in the 7657 villages of 89 blocks of 12 districts of the state would be elected from among the newly elected members of the village Panchayat, these members would also form the electorate of this election. Subardhan said that the District magistrates/ the District Election Officers would issue the notification for these elections on August 22 and inform the SEC.