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
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Tension ran high at Booth no-III set up at Jhankarpada School in Kantabanjhi NAC, Bolangir where polling for Ward no-14 and 15 was underway.
Sisir Kumar Sahu, the Vice Chairman alleged that he was attacked by independent candidate Arati Pradhan’s husband and his associate.
The Odisha State Election Commission (SEC) has informed that the average voter turnout in 3 Municipal Corporations of the State is 21 percent while around 32 percent of total voters have exercised their franchise in other urban local bodies in an average till 12 pm on Thursday.
Polling for the much-awaited Odisha Urban Local Bodies (ULB) polls has begun. Over 40.55 lakh voters will cast their votes for 106 ULBs and 3 Municipal
BJP worker from Ward No-10 of Jaleswar Municipality, Rajeswar Andiya was standing near a temple on Wednesday evening when some youths allegedly attacked him with knives.
It was alleged that the BJD activists were found distributing Rs2,000 per voter in Keonjhar.
As many as 30 platoons of police force will be deployed in Bhubaneswar to maintain law and order issues during the elections. Similarly, 20 and 10 platoons of police force will be deployed in Cuttack and Berhampur, respectively
As many as 109 ULBs including three Municipal Corporations of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur will go to polls on March 24
The injured have been admitted to Keonjhar District Headquarters Hospital in a critical condition
Old timers in the Capital city of Odisha, Bhubaneswar rue lack of concrete development vision in the plans of candidates vying to win the public mandate
As the polling date for the Odisha Urban elections in Odisha inches closer, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) seems to have found itself in a tight situation with rebel candidates throwing open challenge to the party leadership.
Since the campaigning will come to an end on Tuesday evening, the candidates appear to be in no mood to let the crucial hours go waste and are going out of their ways to woo the slum dwellers.
A total of 309 mobile units will also be deployed for taking the required immediate action. Of the 309 units, 109 units will be specifically deployed in the three municipal corporations.
One commonality among the connoisseurs of the Odia delicacy was that their discussions largely centered around the issues facing their respected Wards and their choice of candidates for the upcoming BMC polls.
The conspicuous absence of Opposition big shots from their campaign trail has puzzled political analysts.
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