- Not only candidates on 50 percent seats
Amravati. The village leaders of the district have turned their backs on the Gram Panchayat by-election. The by-election schedule was announced for 143 vacant posts in 103 gram panchayats of the district, but no candidate has filed nomination for 74 seats. Due to having only one candidate in 34 seats, he was elected unopposed. Due to which the voting process will be held on December 21 for only the remaining 32 seats.
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Gram Panchayat members died, Istifen, unsubscribe or other causes empty Hui state elections for seats Commission announced the election schedule on November 18th. Under which the election program was announced for 143 vacant posts in 103 gram panchayats of the district. The candidates seeking this election were given time to file their nominations from November 30 to December 6. A total of 137 candidates had filed nomination papers for various Gram Panchayats.
In this, on December 7, the papers of 7 candidates were declared invalid in the scrutiny. While 133 applications were found valid. The candidates were given time till December 9 to withdraw from the election. After which no nomination has been filed for 74 seats as per the clear situation. Therefore, the election department will have to announce the election schedule once again here.
34 candidates unopposed
Under the nomination process, this candidate has won unopposed after receiving only one nomination for 34 seats. Whereas, the voting process for the remaining 32 seats will be held on December 21. The court has postponed the elections to be held on 3 seats in the Gram Panchayat by-elections of the district. This includes vacant seats in Gram Panchayats of Daryapur, Warud and Achalpur tehsils.
No candidates for 21 out of 28 seats in Chikhaldara
Chikhaldara Tehsil has maximum number of vacant Gram Panchayat members in the district. Here 28 member seats of 26 gram panchayats are vacant. But even in the by-election, no nomination has been filed for 21 seats. While 4 candidates have won unopposed. Voting will be held for the remaining 3 seats.
Tehsil wise gram election status
Tehsil Gram No. Vacant Seats Unopposed No Nomination Direct Voting
Amravati 5 5 1 1 3
Bhatkuli 7 11 3 6 2
Nandgaon Khande. 7 7 5 00 2
Daryapur 8 15 2 10 2
Anjangaon Su. 4 4 00 1 3
Tivasa 1 1 1 00 00
Dhamangaon Re. 1 1 1 00 00
Achalpur 8 15 5 2 7
Chandur Bazar 11 12 0093
Morshi 5 5 1 4 00
Varud 13 14 3 5 4
Holdings 17 23 8 14 1
Chikhaldara 17 28 21 4 3
Chandur Railway 2 2 1 00 1
Total 103 143 34 74 32