By-elections under the three tier Panchayatiraj Act will be held for Chhurikala Nagar Panchayat president post in Korba district; vacant posts in ward number 15 of Vishrampur Nagar Panchayat and ward number 8 Premnagar Nagar Panchayat in Surajpur district and ward number 18 of Jashpur Nagar Palika Parishad in Jashpur district would be held on May 24 from 7 am to 5 pm.
Counting of votes will be held on May 26 from 9 am and the results will be declared on the same day.
Under the Nagar Palika Adhiniyam, necessary guidelines in this respect have been issued to the collectors and district election officers (local election) concerned.
According to the information received from the State Election Commission, the information about the election, nomination, reservation of seats and list of polling booths has been published on May 3.
The last date for filing nomination papers would be on May 10 up to 3 pm. Scrutiny of the nominations papers would be held on May 11 from 10.30 m. The withdrawal of names by the candidates, allotment of election symbols to the candidates and the publication of the list of candidates would be held on May 13.
According to the received information, if necessary, polling would be held on May 24 from 7 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon. Counting of votes would be held on May 26 from 9 am and the results will be declared on the same day.