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Odisha Municipal Elections: Voting, Schedule, Results And All You Need To Know
What Are Municipal Elections?
It is a direct election of people's representatives to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), Notified Area Councils, Municipalities and Municipal Corporations which together form the third tier of governance in India.
Where will elections be held?
The ULB elections in Odisha will be held this year at 4437 booths spanned over 106 ULBs including 47 Municipalities and 59 NACs apart from three Municipal Corporations namely Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Berhampur.
Dates Of Polling
All eligible voters can exercise their adult franchise on EVMs to elect their choice of candidates. As per the Election Commission, over 40 lakh voters are expected to turn out to exercise their democratic rights. Votes will be polled on March 24.
Declaration Of Results
Counting of votes in the ULB polls shall be conducted on March 26 and the Results will probably be declared on the same day.
Some Trivia
Stay connected with us for detailed candidate list and other important updates.
Truck Set On Fire Following Death Of Youth In Accident Near Jainabad On Nimapara-Pipili Road
Some people have vacated their houses and moved to safety while fire services personnel evacuated elderly people, women, children and patients from affected areas.
It is pertinent to mention here that the 15-year-old African lioness, ‘Ganga’ died a day after being bitten by a Krait at Nandankanan zoo on Saturday.
Manjulata Kanhar, a post-graduate in political science from Sambalpur University, elected to the post unopposed.
Sangramjit Nayak, director of municipal administration, administered the oath of office to Das. Along with the new Mayor, all the 67 newly-elected Corporators were also sworn in today at the conference hall.
Bhubaneswar city comprises three Assembly segments. Talks are doing rounds that the Deputy Mayor candidate will be from the segment whose MLA enjoys a clout in the party.
There is a possibility of cross voting as the ruling party has not been able to notify the name of any agent for the polls. It is pertinent to mention here that the BJD has seven councilors in the civic body while the BJP has three and the Congress one.
The election will begin from 1:30PM and go on till 3PM. Thereafter, the counting will be held and the results announced.
As the municipalities and notified area councils (NACs) in Odisha are gearing up to elect their vice-chairpersons on April 7, allegations of ruling Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD’s) involvement in horse-trading has heated up the political climate in the State.
The SEC had postponed the counting of votes in all Wards for Councillor and Chairperson of Dhamnagar NAC after the polling could not be held due to disruptions in six booths on March 24.
When there is a will there is a way. While this is a very common saying, but pretty effective if looked through the lenses of these three men and women who dared to go against the tide to emerge victorious in the recently concluded civic polls in Odisha and become corporators and councilors.
According to political analysts, no Muslim woman has so far been elected as chairperson of any civic body in Odisha so far. However, one Md Akbar was the chairperson of another Muslim dominated municipality in Kendrapara from 1983 to 1990.
In Dharamgarh NAC in Kalahandi district as well as Jagatsinghpur and Bhadrak Municipalities, the majority of councillors belong to the ruling BJD party.
With the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Mayor candidates winning all three Municipal Corporations; Bhubaneswar (BMC), Cuttack (CMC) and Berhampur (BeMC), the positions of Deputy Mayor is now up for grabs by eligible candidates.
In the municipal elections, the BJD, BJP and Congress have secured 73, 16 and seven municipality chairman posts respectively.
