New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh will hold elections for 413 municipalities, including 16 Nagar Palika Nigams, 99 Nagar Palika Parishads and 298 Nagar Parishads, on July 6 and July 13, the State Election Commission said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI.
The election, however, will be conducted in two phases only in 347 local bodies and in the rest later, an SEC official added.
In the first phase which will take place on July 6, polling will be held in 133 local bodies. In the second phase of the election which will take place on July 13, polls will be conducted for 214 municipalities across the state.
Unlike Panchayat elections, these polls will be held party-wise, he said.
Regarding counting of votes, the official said that for the first phase, counting will be taken up on July 17 and for the second phase on July 18.
Polling will be held from 7 AM to 5 PM. A total of 19,977 polling booths will be set up for voting. A total of 30,761 EVMs will be deployed.
A total of 1,53,23,738 voters, including 17,54,236 women, 78,68,406 men and 1,096 other category voters are eligible to exercise franchise in these elections, the official said.
The notification for the nomination process will be issued on June 11 and the last date for filing papers is June 18. Scrutiny of applications will be done on June 20 and the last date of withdrawal of candidature is June 22, the official said, adding that the model code of conduct has come into force immediately after the announcement of the poll schedule.