May 29: By election for 3 posts in 2 GPs

Belthangady:  By election will be held on May 29^th for the three posts which became vacant due to some reasons at Ujire and Koyyur Gp constituencies in the taluk.

Two posts in Ujire constituency went vacant after, members Geeta Venkappa resigned from her post and Venkappa Naik expired while in office of Ward no 4 and 11 respectively.

The post at ward 2 of Koyyur GP became vacant when Vittala expired when in office and hence voting will be conducted on May 29^th from 7 am to 5 pm in the evening.

May 29^th voting: May 31^st counting

On May 13^th, the Deputy Commissioner will be issuing the notification and the process of filing nomination will begin. May 16^th is the last day to submit nomination papers. The nomination papers will be inspected on May 17^th and May 20^th is the last day to withdraw nomination. The voting will be conducted on May 29^th and the counting of votes will be conducted at the Taluk centre on May 31^st.

Voters’ list not yet released

The voters’ list must be provided to the election officers by May 13^th, but the list has not yet been released, inform the concerned officials. Since May 11^th is the second Saturday and May 12^th is Sunday, the process might possibly get further delayed. It is learnt that the voters’ list is still at the office of the election officer in Bengaluru.

MCC in effect

The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) will be in effect within the GP limits from May 13^th to May 31^st. Earlier, MCC was limited to only the ward which was going for election, but presently it has been extended to the entire gram panchayat limits.