Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission has published the finalist list of candidates for the three-tier Panchayat Polls in Odisha.
Reportedly, as many as 3,418 candidates from 853 Zilla Parishad zones across the state have participated in the Panchayat Elections.
There are a total of 108 candidates in 28 Zilla Parishad zones in Angul district while in Bargarh there are 118 candidates in 34 zones. Similarly, there are 120 candidates in 34 zones in Balangir district while in Ganjam district there are 256 Zilla Parishad candidates for 69 zones.
Notably, the State Election Commission also issued notice on Tuesday to hold fresh elections to the Wards and Sarpanches, Panchayat Samiti Constituencies, and Zilla Parishad Constituencies where no nominations were filed or all the nominations were rejected.
A statutory notice will be issued on January 27, 2022 following which the nominations will be submitted from January 29 to January 31. Thereafter, the nominations will be scrutinized on February 1, 2022, and the final list of candidates will be released on February 4.
Ms Kalinga