Programme for conducting Panchayat bye-elections

By Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH DEC  16

 State Election Commission, Haryana has issued programme for conducting  Panchayat bye-elections to fill up vacancies of 214 Panches, 25 Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats, nine Members of Panchayat Samitis and two Zila Parishads in the State which have fallen vacant due to various reasons all across the state.  

          While stating this here today, State Election Commissioner Mr Dharam Vir said that nominations could be filed from December 16 to 17, 2013 from 10 am to 4pm and information would be furnished by the candidate to the concerned Returning Officer (Panchayat) in the prescribed format before 10 a.m. on December 18. Scrutiny would be conducted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on December 18 and candidature could be withdrawn upto 4 p.m. by December 20.  The work of preparation of list of contesting candidates and allotment of symbol for elections would be carried out immediately after the expiry of the period of withdrawal of candidature on December 20, 2013. 

          He said that polling, if required, would be conducted from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on December 29 and votes would be counted at the polling station immediately after the close of poll. For election of Member Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads, counting would be held on December 30 at 9 a.m.