Municipal Corporation Polls: Elections For Cuttack Deputy Mayor, Vice-chairperson to be held today

Cuttack: The elections for Deputy Mayor and Vice-Chairperson posts in Cuttack Municipal Corporation will be held 105 Municipalities today.

Reportedly, the nomination papers for the post of Deputy Mayor will be filed between 10 AM to 11 AM following which the papers will be scrutinized from 11 AM to 12 noon.

Thereafter, the candidates can withdraw their nominations till 1 PM and the polling will be held from 1.30 PM to 3.30 PM.

The results of the Cuttack Deputy Mayor and Vice-Chairperson posts will be declared the same day.

Earlier on April 4, the housing & urban development department issued two separate notifications to implement the new rule for the election of deputy mayor and vice-chairperson.

The new rule has allowed for appointment of agents by political parties and the election officer will allow the authorised agents to verify the votes cast by the elected members of their respective parties as is being done during the Rajya Sabha elections.

“In furtherance of the provisions of the Odisha Municipal Corporation (division of city into wards, reservation of seats and conduct of election) Rules, 2003, the government have been pleased to decide that every political party, whose member as an elector casts a vote for the purpose of election to the office of the deputy mayor of a municipal corporation, may appoint one authorised agent,” read one of the notifications.

It is to be noted that the Deputy Mayor election of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be held on April 8 and 9 respectively.