Additional Collector NN Ekka has asked the political parties to follow the Model Code of Conduct enforced for upcoming civic body elections.
In a meeting with the representatives of political parties here, Ekka said that a maximum of four persons are allowed with the candidate while filing the nomination and they need to bring two affidavits with them.
He said that the fee for the Mayor is Rs5000 and for Corporator Rs1000. For the candidates of SC and ST category, the fee is Rs2000 and Rs500 respectively. He also said that the election expenditure for the Mayor has been limited to Rs 6 lakh and Rs2 lakh for Nagar Panchayat President. Ekka said that the last date of receiving the nominations for the first phase is November 24 and for second phase November 26.
The process of verification of nomination for the first phase would be conducted on November 25 and November 27 for the second phase. The last date for withdrawing nominations by the candidates is November 27 for the first phase and November 29 for the second phase of polls. The counting of votes and results for both the phases would be declared on December 15 at 9 am.