A day after the Congress swept the urban body polls in Chhattisgarh, the State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday announced Panchayat elections, preparing the ground for a fresh round of campaign.
With the announcement, the model code of conduct came into effect in the Panchayat areas where elections are to be held.
The declaration triggered hectic activities among political parties, who have just come out of the urban body polls.
Ballot paper will be used and the elections are to not to be held on political parties’ symbols, the SEC said.
The poll process will get completed till January 24. The nomination papers can be bought from December 28 to January 3. Their scrutiny will be done on January 4 and the candidates can withdraw from the contet by January 6.
Preparations for the electoral rolls have been completed. There are 18,57,235 voters including 927,719 males, 929,490 women and 26 others.
There will be 2,228 polling booths across the state.
The vote count will be done on the day voting is held and the results will follow.