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BMC polls set for Jan 8

Saturday, 07 December 2013 07:23 administrator
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The Pioneer               07.12.2013

BMC polls set for Jan 8

The State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday announced that elections to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) would be held on January 8, 2014 and counting of votes would take place on January 9. The BMC's present term would end on December 9, 2013. While the filing of nominations would begin from December 16 and close on December 20, the scrutiny of the nominations would be held on December 23 and withdrawal of the nominations would be on December 26.

The elections of the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor would take place on January 17 and February 5, respectively.

“With the announcement of the poll schedule, the model code of conduct was put to immediate effect and will remain in force till the completion of the counting of votes on January, 9,” SEC Ajit Kumar Tripathy told reporters here.

The elections will be held to 67 wards of the BMC. A total of 34 wards are reserved for women, six for SC, three for ST and 19 each for Backward Class Citizens (BCC) and Reserved Women (RW) categories while 20 wards as unreserved.  

Tripathy said two IAS officers and three other officials would be engaged as observers and expenditure observers for smooth conduct of the polls. A candidate can spend up to Rs 50,000.

“A control room will be opened at the SEC office and it will function till the announcement of the results on January 9,” said Tripathy.