Bhubaneawar, March 2: Filing of nomination papers for election of various posts in 109 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), including Bhubaneawar, Cuttack and Berhampur Municipal Corporations started in the State on Wednesday.
Candidates and their proposers were buying nomination forms in the office of Electoral Officer (EO). The interested candidates can file their nominations till March 7.
The nominations were being sold for the post of Mayor and Corporators in three Municipal Corporations – Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur – while the nomination for Chairperson and Councillors were available at the EO office in 47 Municipalities, 59 Notified Area Councils (NACs) across the State.
As per the notification of the State Election Commission (SEC), scrutiny of the papers will be done on March 9 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is March 14 (excluding Government holiday). The election will be held on March 24 and the result will be declared on March 26.
This time there will be a direct election for the post of Mayor and Chairperson. So the indirect election for the post of Deputy Mayor and Vice-Chairperson will be conducted on April 8 and April 7, respectively.
Though the tenure of maximum ULBs in Odisha ended in September 2018, but elections could not be held due to various reasons. The tenure of Hindol and Attabira NACs has not been completed so far. The newly constituted NACs at Remuna, Chandbali, Dhamnagar and Bijepur will go for election for the first time.
Over 41 lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes in the urban elections.
