Nomination papers for Panchayat elections to be taken from today
   Date :30-May-2022
 
Panchayat  elections
 
 
 
Staff Reporter
State Election Commissioner Basant Pratap Singh informed that nomination papers for general election of three-tier panchayats-2022 will be taken from Monday. Nomination papers will be submitted by June 6. Nomination forms will be filled for all the phases simultaneously. Nomination papers will be submitted for the posts of District Panchayat Member, Janpad Panchayat Member, Sarpanch and Panch.
Nomination papers will be submitted offline only. Nomination papers will be taken in the district and development block headquarters and cluster Secretary State Election Commission Rakesh Singh informed that nomination papers will be collected from the candidates in 52 district headquarters, 313 block headquarters and 2,780 clusters (groups of gram panchayats) by Returning/Assistant Returning Officer.
Nomination papers will be taken at district headquarters for District Panchayat member, development block headquarter for Janpad Panchayat member and at the block headquarter and cluster level for Sarpanch and Panch.
Nomination papers will be taken for 875 posts of district panchayat members, 6,771 of janpad panchayat members, 22,921 of Sarpanch and 3,63,726 posts of Panch.
Secretary State Election Commission Singh informed that publication of election information and receiving nominations, publication of information regarding reservation of seats and publication of the list of polling stations will be held on May 30, 2022. Nomination papers will be taken till June 6 (by 3 pm). Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on June 7. Last date for withdrawal of candidature is June 10, 2022.
Allotment of election symbols will also happen on June 10. The first phase of polling will be held on June 25, second phase on July 1 and third phase on July 8. The polling time will be from 7 am to 3 pm. The counting of votes will be done at the polling station itself immediately after the end of polling. Tabulation of counting of votes for posts of Panch, Sarpanch, Janpad Panchayat member and declaration of result will be done on July 14 and for District Panchayat member on July 15.