Nomination papers to be reviewed on June 6-7
On the last day, a large number of candidates, accompanied by a large number of supporters, filed their nominations for the panchayat polls on Thursday. A total of 275 candidates filed their nomination for the post of District Panchayat member in Dehradun. The filing of nominations for four different posts, including District Panchayat member, Block Panchayat member, Gram Pradhan and Gram Panchayat member, began on June 2 and concluded on Thursday, said Dehradun district election officer BVRC Purushottam. The nomination papers will be reviewed on June 6-7, he added.
A large number of candidates' nomination filing on the last day on Thursday led to traffic congestion on various roads in the city.
The election officer said that 37 candidates have filed nomination for the post of District Panchayat member in Doiwala block, 11 in Chakrata block, nine in Kalsi block, 26 in Vikasnagar block, 22 in Sahaspur block, 19 in Raipur block. In Chakrata, 48 candidates filed nomination for the post of Block Panchayat member, 132 for Gram Pradhan member and 332 for Gram Panchayat member.
He said that the nomination process for the panchayat election was conducted as per the directions given by the State Election Commission.
As per the report received from the election office, 443 candidates filed their nomination for the post of Block Panchayat member, including 104 in Vikasnagar, 102 in Raipur, 101 in Sahaspur, 60 in Doiwala, 40 in Kalsi and 36 in Chakrata till June 4 while 692 candidates for the post of Gram Pradhan, which included 153 in Vikasnagar, 130 in Sahaspur, 125 in Raipur, 97 in Kalsi, 96 in Chakrata and 91 in Doiwala. A total of 1794 candidates filed their nomination for the post of Gram Panchayat member which included 431 in Sahaspur, 400 in Raipur, 286 in Vikasnagar, 276 in Doiwala, 244 in Chakrata and 157 in Kalsi.