Staff Reporter
DURG,
Collector and District Election Officer Richa Prakash Chaudhary detailed about the election preparations under the Urban Body / Three-Tier Panchayat Election-2025 in a press conference held in the Collectorate Assembly Hall on Tuesday. On this occasion, ADM Arvind Ekka, Assistant Collector M Bhargava, Deputy District Election Officer Additional Collector Virendra and ASP Abhishek Jha were also present.
Collector Richa Prakash Chaudhary informed that as per the Urban Body / Three-Tier Panchayat Election-2025, the starting date of nomination under the Municipal Area is January 22, the last date of nomination is January 28, scrutiny of nomination on January 29, date of withdrawal of name is January 31, date of polling day
is February 11 and the date of result is February 15.
Numerical information of voters under Nagar
Palika election- 237955 voters in 60 wards in Nagar Palika Durg
area, 11,348 voters in
2 wards of Nagar Palika Bhilai, 2196 voters in
one ward of Nagar
Palika Risali, 2,316 voters in one ward of Nagar Palika Bhilai-Charoda, 16,562 total voters in 15 wards of Nagar Palika Ahiwara, 12,575 voters in 18 wards of Nagar Palika Amleshwar, 31,304 voters in 24 wards of Nagar Palika Kumhari, 8,027 voters in 15 wards of Nagar Panchayat Dhamdha, 8,544 voters in 15 wards of Dhamdha and 8,116 voters in 15 wards of Nagar Panchayat Utai.
Information about Municipal Election Wards and Polling Stations- 265 polling stations
in General Election Municipal Corporation Durg, 15 polling
stations in By-election Municipal Corporation Bhilai, 3 polling
stations in By-election Municipal Corporation Risali, 3 polling stations in By-election Municipal Corporation Bhilai Charoda, 18 polling stations in General Election Municipal Council Ahiwara, 37 polling stations in General Election Municipal Council Kumhari, 18 polling stations in General Election Municipal Council Amleshwar, 15 polling stations in General Election Nagar Panchayat Dhamdha, 15 in Patan and 15 in Utai. Under the urban body, the deposit amount includes Rs 20,000 for Municipal Corporation Councillor, Rs. 15,000 for Municipal Council Chairman and Rs. 10,000 for Nagar Panchayat Chairman.
A discount of 50% in the prescribed deposit amount has been provided by the Commission for applicants belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Classes and Women categories.