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Elections to local self-government institutions in the State will be held in two phases, on November 2 and November 5.As many as 21,871 wards in 941 grama panchayats, 152 blocks, 14 district panchayats, 86 municipalities, and six Corporations will go to the polls in two phases.
Polling time: 7am-6pm
Polling Booths: 35,000
Total voters: 2.5 crs
New Voters: 5lkh
State Election Commission K. Sasidharan Nair, who announced the election schedule here on Saturday, told reporters that Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Idukki, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur, and Kasaragod districts will go to the polls on November 2 and Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, and Malappuram on November 5.
| 1st Phase (02 Nov) | 2nd Phase (05 Nov) | ||
| Date of filing of nomination | 7-Oct | 7-Oct | |
| Last date for making nominations | 14-Oct | 14-Oct | |
| Date for scrutiny of nominations | 15-Oct | 15-Oct | |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 17-Oct | 17-Oct | |
| Date of poll | 2-Nov | 5-Nov | |
| Date of Counting | 7-Nov |
7-Nov |
Counting of votes has been scheduled for November 7. Dates for the swearing-in of the newly elected committees would be decided in due course, but the election process would be completed by November 17, Mr. Nair said.
Nominations
Nominations could be filed till October 14. Scrutiny is on October 15.
The last date for withdrawing nominations is October 17. Polling will start at 7 a.m. and end at 6 p.m.
The commission would set up 35,000 polling booths for elections. As per the latest figures, there are 2.50 crore voters, of which five-lakh are new voters.
The model code of conduct has come into force from Saturday.
EVMs to be used
Single post electronic voting machines would be used in urban local governments and multi-post machines in urban local governments to cast votes for district, block, and grama panchayats.
The commission has banned local governments from publishing advertisements listing their achievements from Saturday.
The District Electoral Officers will monitor the enforcement of the model code of conduct. Since the government has not enforced a total ban on flex boards and banners, the commission would give a direction in the form of a request for using eco-friendly materials for the campaign. The campaign expense in a grama panchayat division should be limited to Rs.10,000, block panchayat division to Rs.30,000, and district panchayat to Rs.60,000.
The campaign expense limit in a municipal ward is Rs. 3,00,000 and Corporation ward Rs. 60,000. Candidates have to file a statement of the campaign expense within one month after the elections. Observers would be deployed for monitoring the campaign and other aspects of the election, he said.