For elections in the vacant posts of Pradhans and Member District Panchayat in the 12 districts of the state where elections were recently held the State Election Commission (SEC) released the notification on Monday. The elections for the vacant positions would be held on July 26 and the counting of votes would be done on July 28.
Disclosing the schedule of these elections The State Election Commissioner Subardhan said that the nomination for these positions can be filed on July 15 and 16, the scrutiny of the nomination papers would be done on July 17, the candidates can withdraw their nominations on July 18 and the symbols would be allotted on July 19.
The SEC would hold re election for vacant 14966 positions of Member village Panchayats and 24 Pradhans. The reelection is being necessitated because not even a single candidate remained in electoral fray for these positions due to no nominations, death of candidates and rejection of the nominations. Subardhan said that with the notification for these elections the model code of conduct would be applicable till July 28.