By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: State Election Commissioner Aditya Prasad Padhi on Tuesday said that polls will be held in 91,913 wards under 6,794 panchayats in 29 out of 30 districts of the State. In 2017, the election was held in 6,801 GPs.
Talking to Reporters, Padhi said the three-tier elections will be held in five phases on February 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24. People will exercise their franchise from 7 am to 1 pm. Counting of votes will take place at Block, Sadar level on February 26, 27 and 28.
The notification for the polls will be released on January 13. The final list of candidates will be out on January 25. Candidates will file their nominations from February 17 and 21 while scrutiny of papers will be done on February 22. The last date for withdrawal of nomination papers is February 25, the SEC informed.
Elections for Naib Sarpanch will be held on March 11, for Panchayat Samiti Chairman on March 12 and Zilla Parishad Chairman on March 13.
