State Election Commissioner Parthasarathy has released the GHMC election notification today. There is a lot of priority for the GHMC polls he said.
These elections come under the purview of the State Government he said. The elections are being held as per the old reservations.
Nominations for the polls will be taken from 18nth of November. 150 wards will have all the facilities and the poll will be done with Ballot paper. Major political parties have agreed for the ballot polling Parthasarathy explained. Covid rules will also be implemented during the polling.
By 19nth the final list of the divisions ,booths, polling stations will be released he said. The ballot paper will be in white colour he said. The polling will get held on December 1.
20th is the last date for nominations. 21st final list of candidates. 22 the withdrawal ends. List of contesting candidates along with symbols will be clear on 22nd. Counting of votes on December 4.
All put together there are about 74 lakh votes under the GHMC limits. Men are 52 percent and the women are about 48 percent in the city. The polling will be from 7 am to 6pm.
In case of repolling the dates will be informed later. By 4 pm the results will be out on 4th.