Odisha Panchayat elections

Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC), Odisha on Sunday restricted MLA Pramila Mallick from campaigning for the upcoming panchayat elections allegedly for violating the model code of conduct. The SEC restricted the Binjharpur…

Dhenkanal: A Nuagaon Samiti Sabhya Member candidate, who went missing in Dhenkanal district on Thursday morning. The candidate has been identified as Subrata Behera. Reportedly, he went missing while returning from printing a pushing…

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…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has suspended a college principal and a Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) on a charge of violation of Model Code of Conduct (MMC), which is in force in the state for the ensuing Panchayat election.…

Bhubaneswar: The filing of nomination papers for the upcoming panchayat elections in Odisha is slated to start from today. The nomination filing is scheduled to continue from January 17 to January 21. The final list of candidates…

Bhubaneswar: The state election commission will hold a virtual meeting with all the District Collectors and the SPs today regarding the Odisha Panchayat Polls. Reportedly, the meeting will also be attended by the Chief Secretary,…

Bhubaneswar: Panchayat polls in Odisha to be held in five phases as announced by the State Election Commissioner, Aditya Padhi on Tuesday. The Panchayat Polling dates as announced by the SEC are as follows: Feb 16, Feb 18, Feb 20, Feb 20…

Bhubaneswar: The sudden spike in Covid-19 cases in Odisha has raised the question of whether or not to hold the State Panchayat Election. Due to this surge in Covid cases, State Election Commissioner Aditya Prasad Padhi has called an…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Election Commission on the exercise of powers vested on it by Article 243 K of the Constitution of India and Panchayat Acts and Rules has prescribed a Model Code of Conduct for the upcoming Panchayat Polls in the…

Politics in Odisha has never been the same again after the 2017 Panchayat Polls. Till 2017, Panchayat polls were quite dreary, never attracted eyeballs on television and outcomes were already foretold. 2017 Panchayat Polls for the first…