As many as 11301 candidates are contesting in the urban body general elections across the State.
The polling for 154 urban bodies will be held in two phases on December 29 and 31 and the results will be declared on January 4, 2015. The officials said that the last date of withdrawal of nomination for the first phase was December 19 and for the second phase of election was on December 22. Of the total candidates in fray across the State, 101 candidates are contesting for the posts of Mayor of Municipal Corporations, 208 candidates for the posts of the Chairman of Municipal Councils while 488 candidates are in fray for the posts of the Chairman of the Nagar Panchayats.
As many as 10504 candidates are in fray for the post of corporators, councilors and members from 2861 wards of the Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats respectively. They further said that the polling in two-phases will now be held on December 29 and 31 respectively with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to be used for the first time in the urban body elections in Chhattisgarh.
The polling for 51 urban bodies including 10 Municipal Corporations, 19 municipal councils and 22 Nagar Panchayats will be held in the first phase. Similarly, the polling for 103 urban bodies including 20 municipal councils and 83 Nagar Panchayats will be held in the second phase. The polling will be held from 8am to 5pm in all urban bodies except in Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Sukma and Bijapur districts where the polling will be held from 7 am to 3 pm, officials said.