The SEC has decided to include the ‘None Of the Above’ (NOTA) option in the forthcoming civic body polls in the State in a bid to empower the voters to use their discretion while voting.
Candidate contesting for Councillor or Corporator post in NACs/Municipalities having a population up to 50,000 can make a maximum expenditure of Rs 50,000 while the amount is fixed at Rs 2 for chairperson or Mayor aspirant in the same area.
The Odisha government has come under intense criticism from the Opposition unit for deciding not to add new voters while revising the electoral rolls for the forthcoming elections to the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the State.
As per the reservation list, 668 wards out of total 1756 are unreserved while 122 are reserved for SC, 171 for SC Women, 49 for ST and 133 for ST Women. A total of 613 wards have been reserved for women.
According to the notification, the chairman posts in Chhattarpur, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Bolangir, Kendrapada, Khordha and Puri have been reserved for women.
The Odisha government on Monday released the detailed schedule for completion of delimitation of wards and reservation of seats to make way for the upcoming elections to the Urban Local Bodies in the State.
As per the gazette notification, the maximum limit of reservation of seats has been kept at 50 per cent for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward class citizens in urban local bodies (ULBs)
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