With the election commission fixing the poll expenditure limits for different posts of local civic bodies, now it is compulsory for all the candidates to get their poll expenditures registered in the expenditure register issued by the respective district election office, on daily basis.
More so, the candidates will also have to provide their election expenditure records with affidavits to the office of their respective area Associate Officer in charge/ Assistant Treasury Officer, poll expenditure, within 30 days after declaration of the election results, said H C Kandpal, ADM/ Deputy Election Officer, Udhamsinghnagar.
In case the candidates fail to submit their poll expenditure records in the given period of time, appropriate action will be taken against such candidates as per the law, Kandpal asserted.
More so, as per the guidelines of the election commission action will also be taken against those who are found violating model code of conduct, he added.
It is worth mention here that according to the guidelines of the election commission, maximum poll expenditure limit for the mayor post is Rs 8 lakh, while candidate may spend Rs one lakh for the councillor’s election, informed the officials concerned.
Similarly, poll expenditure limit for election of the chairman of the municipal council upto 10 wards has been fixed as Rs 2 lakh and Rs 3 lakh for more than 10 wards, added the officials concerned.
In the meanwhile, the poll expenditure limit for member of the municipal council is Rs 30, 000 , Rs one lakh for chairman of the nagar panchayat and Rs 15, 000 for member nagar panchayat, added the officials concerned.