Bodo council polls in Assam on April 8, Bodoland Territorial Council poll, BTC polls on Apr 8, counting on 11
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Bodo council polls in Assam on April 8
Guwahati, (IANS) The election to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) will be held on April 8 and the counting of votes will take place on April 11, the State Election Commission said here on Wednesday.
Assam's Chief Electoral Officer H.N. Bora said elections will be held for all 40 seats of the council, while the Assam governor will nominate six members from the unrepresented communities.
The last date for filing nominations is March 25. Re-poll, if any, will be held on April 10. Votes will be counted on April 11.
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The Election Commission will hold scrutiny of nominations on March 28 and the final list of candidates will be published on the same day.
Over 20.64 lakh people are eligible to vote in the four BTAD districts -- Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri. There are 10,58,889 male voters and 10,05,210 female voters. Voting will be held in 2,778 polling stations.
The election will be held in the four Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD) of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri and is expected to be a fierce one as two big national parties — Congress and BJP — will fight the election against the ruling BPF.
This is the third election to the council. The Bodoland People's Front (BPF), which was formed out of the disbanded Bodo Liberation Tiger in 2003, has been in power since its inception. According to the final electoral rolls, voters in the BTAD areas have increased to 20,64,099 from 18,64,057 in 2010.