Dharam Vir disqualifies six candidates

By Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH,  JUNE  7

The  Election Commissioner, Haryana, Mr Dharam Vir,   today said that the Commission has disqualified six candidates for three years who had contested  general elections of Municipal Council, Kaithal on December 19,2010, but they neither submitted their election  expenditure statement nor bothered to file reply of the show cause notice issued to them. The results of elections of Municipal Council, Kaithal were also declared   the same day.

He said that as per the Haryana Municipal Election Expenditure (Maintenance and Submission of Accounts) order, 2006, every contesting candidate has to file his or her account of election expenses within 30 days after the declaration of election result.            

These candidates are Mrs. Reena  and Mrs  Santosh of Ward No 4, Mrs. Urmila and Mrs Saroj Bala of Ward No.15, Mr  Sanjeev of Ward No.27 and Mrs  Sweety of Ward No.32 .

Mr Dharam Vir said that names of  candidates elected in recent elections to Municipal Corporations and Municipal Committees have been notified under sub section (1) of Section 14 of Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 and sub-section (2) of Section 24 of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 by the Commission.

          He said that polling for election to 144  wards of Municipal Corporations,  Ambala, Panchkula, Karnal, Panipat, Hisar, Rohtak, Yamuna Nagar and 28 Wards of Municipal Committees, Kalanaur and Farukh Nagar was held on June 2,2013. 

          Mr Dharam Vir said  that a total of 1,686 candidates including 1,047 males and 639 females  had contested the elections of Municipal Corporations.Also, 150 candidates including 94 males and 56 females had contested the elections of the Committees.

          As many as 120 candidates had contested on BJP symbol, 140 on INLD symbol, four   on CPI(M) symbol  and three on NCP symbol.  The counting of votes of all wards of the Municipal Corporations  was held on June 4, 2013 and the result was declared the same day.  As many as 25 candidates of the BJP, 16 candidates of INLD and 103 independent candidates have been declared as elected in the elections.