SEC ISSUED OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION FOR URBAN POLLING

(The Quiver) : Today The state Election commission (SEC) issued official notification for elections in 106 Urban Local Bodies(47 municipalities and 59 NACs) and three municipal corporations in Odisha. The elections are scheduled to be held on March 24 . The counting of votes and declaration of results will take place on March 26.

Filing of nomination papers will be allowed from March 2 to March 7. Scrutiny of the nomination papers will be held on March 9 while withdrawal of nomination papers will be allowed up to March 14.

Elections to the posts of mayors in municipal corporations and chairpersons of municipalities and notified area councils (NACs) will be held for the very first time.

More than 27 lakh voters will exercise their franchise at 3030 booths in 1731 wards of the 106 Urban Local Bodies. Similarly, around 14.26 lakh voters in the 3 municipal corporations will go for  polling to be held at 1407 booths in 168 wards of three municipal corporations–  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) and Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC).

For the first time,  Odisha voters will be provided with an option NOTA. Well NOTA  option will allow the voters to not vote for any of the candidates contesting in the urban local body polls.