SEC publishes final list of candidates for three-tier panchayat election
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | January 25, 2022 IST
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 25: State Election Commission has published the finalist list of candidates for the three-tier panchayat polls in Odisha on Tuesday. Apart from it, the SEC has issued fresh notifications for as many as seven gram panchayats, where nobody has filed nominations or all of the nominations have been cancelled on valid grounds. The notifications read, elections for as many as 6794 sarpanchs,6793 samiti members,91, 913 ward members and 853 zilla parishad members will be held in the coming panchayat elections. However, second phase nominations will be held on January 27 for the gram panchayats where no nominations were filed during the deadline. At the same time, re-nominations for the gram panchayats where almost all the nominations have been null and void is scheduled during January 29 and 31. Similarly, verification and withdrawal of nominations are on February 1 and 2 respectively. Worth mentioning, as many as 7 sarpanch, 6 samiti members and 4000 ward member seats are so far to invite nominations in the second round. It is the final round for nominations. Selections instead of elections will be subsequently held if no candidates turned up by the deadlines in the left out gram panchayats, said State Election Commissioner, Aditya Prashad Padhi.
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