- 65 EVM machines checked
Wardha. The department has been kept ready for the elections going to the four Nagar Panchayats of the district. Voting will be taken for a total of 54 seats on December 21, for this a total of 275 personnel will be deployed at 55 centers. About 65 EVM machines will be checked for voting. The campaigning cannons will stop at 10 o’clock on Monday morning, on the other hand the election will be handled smoothly, so the concerned election decision officers took stock of the preparations.
Elections are to be held for Karanja (Ghadge), Ashti (Shahid), Selu and Samudrapur Nagar Panchayats of the district, except 14 seats of OBC category, voting will be held on December 21 for 54 seats. According to the 2011 census, the total population of the four NPs is 45. Thousand 974 have been declared, out of which 28 thousand 833 voters will exercise their franchise, in which the number of male voters is 14 thousand 739 and the number of female voters is 14 thousand 94.
223 candidates for 54 seats
223 candidates are trying their luck for 54 seats in all the four NPs of the district. Everyone had intensified campaigning in their ward. The reputation of all the political parties is at stake in this election, because of factionalism in all the parties, how are they coming forward for the election? It is important to see that Sunday being the last day of campaigning, the campaigning guns will stop at 10 am on Monday, after that it will be the night of the murder. On December 21, the voters will decide the fate of 223 candidates. Polling stations will be there.
Voting Booth in Nap
There will be 13 centers for 13 seats in Karanja NP, 13 centers for Ashti 13 seats, 14 centers for Selu 13 seats and 15 polling stations for 15 seats in Samudrapur NP, five personnel will be given duty at each center, thus a total of 275 personnel. Along with this, a strong police arrangement will be made at every polling station.
Election Decision Officers are taking stock
Election Decision Officer and Assistant Officer have been appointed for all the four Nagar Panchayats, Manojkumar Khairnar, Deputy Collector for Ashti NP, Naib Tehsildar Gautam Shambharkar will remain as Decision Officer and co-officer, for Karanja NP, Arvi’s Sub-Divisional Officer Harish Religious Decision Officer and Assistant The officer will be Naib Tehsildar Kishor Salve.
For Sailu NP, Wardha’s sub-divisional officer Suresh Bagale will take over as decision officer and co-officer, NP Chief Officer Dhananjay Sarnaik will take over as Hinganghat sub-divisional officer for Samudrapur NP, Shilpa Sonale Decision Officer and NP’s Chief Officer Anil Jagtap will be co-officers of their area. Taking stock of the election preparations.
Voting on 14 seats on January 18
It is worth mentioning that, after the decision of the court, the voting was canceled in 14 seats of OBC cadre of the district, but after another decision of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission extended the date of counting of votes and decided to take elections on the OBC reserved seats in the open category. As a result, polling will be held on January 18 for 14 seats of 4 NPs, in which 4-4 seats each of Selu, Karanja and Ashti and 2 seats of Samudrapur Nagar Panchayat will be voted.
Now the counting of votes will be done on 19
After the decision of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission has also changed the date of counting, now the counting of votes to be held on December 21 will be taken on January 19, 2022 after the voting of January 18.