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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The highest number of 5,045 candidates filed their nominations on the last day. Of them 4,541 nominations were filed for councilor/corporator posts and the remaining 504 for the post of chairperson/mayors.
Having been betrayed by the party at the last moment, scores of aspiring candidates have filed nomination as independent candidates.
In Cuttack, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took out grand processions for their respective Mayor candidates that passed through the roads and lanes of the city.
State Election Commissioner Aditya Prasad Padhi said that since there has been a significant drop in the daily Covid-19 cases, restrictions will be lifted for campaigning during the crucial elections to 106 urban local bodies (ULBs) and three municipal corporations, scheduled to be held on March 24.
The process to file nomination which kicked off on March 2 will conclude today, while the papers will be scrutinised on March 9.
Senior Congress leader Giribala Behera is the Mayor candidate for the party for the upcoming Urban Local Body (ULB) elections. Earlier, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had named Rajya Sabha MP Subash Chandra Singh as the party’s nominee for the post in Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC).
The announcement was made by Bhubaneswar MP Aprajita Sarangi at a press conference in the capital city on Saturday.
Subash Singh, Sulochana Das and Sanghamitra Dalei have been named as the Mayor candidates of BJD for Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC), respectively.
Madhusmita Acharya, the daughter-in-law of late Kangali Charan Panda, senior Congress leader and Dharmashala MLA, has been made the Congress’ Mayor candidate for Bhubaneswar for the upcoming ULB polls.
As per norms, the aspirants have to submit details of their property, educational background and criminal antecedents, if any. Election Officers are tirelessly working to ensure the smooth exercise of nomination filling exercise.
We will expose the lies of the Opposition before the people. And, this is a responsibility of every party worker, says Naveen Patnaik
For the BMC's Mayor post, Susmita Bagchi, Iti Samant, Rosalin Patasani and Sreemayee Mishra are said to be in the race.
In Bhubaneswar at 705 booths, a total of 7,25,765 lakh voters will exercise their franchise in the ULB polls
A total of 107 NACs/Municipalities and three Municipal Corporations- BMC, CMC and BeMC- will go to poll to elect chairpersons, councillors, mayors and corporators.
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