Srinagar, Nov 04 (KNO): State Election Commissioner K K Sharma Wednesday announced the first ever District Development Council (DDC) elections in the J&K Union Territory stating that polls will be held in eight phases from November 28. He also said that elections for the vacant seats of sarpanchs and panchs and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) will also be held simultaneously with the DDC Polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing a press conference in Jammu, State Election Commissioner Sharma said that first ever elections for the DDC\u2019s will be held from November 28 in phases which will conclude on December 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith the DDC polls, by elections for the vacant sarpanch and panchayat seats will also take place simultaneously,\u201d Sharma told reporters as per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO). He said that polling will take place through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) while as postal ballots will be available for Covid-19 patients in isolation, senior citizens and physically unwell patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that electoral rolls used in Sarpanch and Panch elections that have been updated on January 1, 2020, will be used for the DDC polls. \u201cWith the announcement of DDC polls, model code of conduct is in vogue from today onwards. The first formal notification for the first phase of elections will be issued tomorrow,\u201d Sharma said. Pertinently, the State Election Commissions was constituted recently. KK Sharma, who was advisor to LG Manoj Sinha, and was appointed first Election Commissioner of State EC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said delimitation has been done for the constituencies and 280 DDCs have been identified across the J&K UT. \u201cThe term of the DDC will be for five years,\u201d Sharma said as per KNO. He said that West Pakistan Refugees (WPRs) will also be entitled to exercise their right to vote for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEach DDC in J & K has 14 constituencies,\u201d Sharma said. He said that while conducting the elections, Covid-19 protocol will be followed in spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that polls will also be held subsequently for 228 vacant seats of ULBs. The State Election Commission said that after taking the feedback from various security agencies, a proper security mechanism will remain in place and \u201call concerns have been taken into consideration.\u201d He said that expenditure limit for the DDC polls per candidate is Rs 5 lakh, one lakh for Sarpanch seat and Rs 50,000 for Panch seat\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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