The Jammu and Kashmir Election Authority has announced the poll schedule for the election of chairpersons of Block Development Councils (BDC) in the 310 blocks in the state. The polling will be held on 24th of October.
State Chief Electoral Officer Shailendra Kumar told reporters in Srinagar yesterday that the notification for the election will be issued tomorrow while 9th of October will be the last date for filing of nominations. The scrutiny of nominations will be done the next day and the last date for withdrawal will be 11th of October. He said, the polling will be held from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. while the counting of votes will begin at 3.00 p.m. the same day.
Mr. Kumar added that the process of the elections for the second tier of the Panchayati Raj system will be completed by 5th of November. He said, the elections will be held on party basis and 26,629 Panchs and Sarpanchs are eligible to vote and contest for the post of BDC Chairpersons.
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