The State Election Commission on Monday issued notification for carrying out local body polls in eight districts of Chhattisgarh.
According to official information, the election to the local bodies will be held in Kondagaon, Durg and Raigarh districts, while the remaining five districts will have by-elections.
Apart from local bodies, 24 districts of the State will also see by-polls for Zila Panchayat and Janpad Panchayat for the posts of Sarpanch and Panch.
The nomination forms will be available from December 5 and December 12 has been decided as the last date for filing nomination papers latest by 3 pm. The scrutiny of filed nominations will be carried out on December 14 and by December 16, names could be withdrawn.
After the final revision of candidates contesting the election, the list will be published on December 16 and the polling will be held on December 27 from 7 am till 3 pm.
The counting will be held on December 27 after polling ends, from 3 pm onwards and if required, counting at tehsil/block headquarters could be carried out on December 28.
The results for the Panch, Sarpanch and Janpad Panchayat members will be declared on December 29 while the Jila Panchayat results will be announced on December 30 at district headquarters.
It may be mentioned that it is for the first time Municipal Corporation Bhilai-Charoda will elect Mayor this year; while Municipal Council Sarangarh of Raigarh district will also undergo election. In the same way, general elections at Gram Panchayat Vishrampuri 'A', Vishrampuri 'B', Khargaon, Jarrapara and Beerapara in Baderajpur block of Kondagaon district will be held.
Further by-elections for the post of corporators will be held in Municipal Council Champa in Jangir-Champa district. likewise, for seats in Nagar Panchayats, by-elections will be held in Nagar
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Panchayats Nai ledri (Koriya), Fingeshwar (Gariaband), Daundi, Chikhlakasa (both Balod) and Dornapal (Sukma).
The State Election Commission has also decided that at Dornapal (Sukma), voting will be held on December 27 and the results would be announced on December 30.