Hummingbird News Desk
KOLKATA, 3 FEB: The West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) on Thursday issued a notification to announce that elections to 108 municipalities in the state will be held on 27 February.
The notification, however, did not mention the date of vote counting, which, the State Election Commissioner Saurav Das said, will be declared later.
According to the notification, the polling will be held between 7 am and 5 pm. The candidates can submit their nominations from 3 February to 9 February.
The scrutiny of the nominations will be held on 10 February, it said adding that the last day for withdrawal of nominations is 12 February. It also said the entire election process will be completed by 8 March.
“Barring ward number 29 of South Dum Dum Municipality, the polling for which has been put on hold by the high court, 108 civic bodies in Bengal, spread across 21 districts, will be going to polls on 27 February,” an EC official said adding that Model Code of Conduct (MCC) has automatically come into force with this announcement from now.
Four other municipal corporations — Siliguri, Chandannagar, Bidhannagar and Asansol, are scheduled to go to polls on 12 February.
Counting of votes for the four civic bodies are set to be held on 14 February.
On Wednesday, opposition parties had urged the SEC to count votes of 12 February elections simultaneously with that of polls to 108 municipalities.
Civic polls in Bengal will pave the way for another fight between the TMC and the BJP and go on to show if the two parties have been able to hold on to their ground after the assembly polls in this politically volatile state.
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