GHMC Elections To Be Held On Dec 1

NewsBharati    17-Nov-2020 16:59:38 PM
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Hyderabad, November 17: Telangana State Election Commissioner on Tuesday announced the dates for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections for 150 wards which will be conducted through a ballot box.
 

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As per the Election Commissioner said that the elections will be held on December 1 from 7 am to 6 pm and counting will be held on December 4.
 
The nomination process is slated to begin on November 18 however the last day for filing of nominations is November 20. Moreover, the filed nominations will be scrutinized on November 21 and the last date for withdrawal would be November 22.
 
While announcing the dates Telangana State Election Commissioner C Parthasarathi said, the polling will be held on the ballot paper and not through EVMs as many political parties wanted the use of ballot papers over EVMs due to different litigations and also as per Supreme Court orders.
 
GHMC has over 74,04,000 voters and they will exercise their franchise in over 9,000 polling stations. There are about 52.09% male and 47.90% female voters. Polling hours have been extended by one hour in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wearing masks and maintaining social distancing will be mandatory.
 
The GHMC polls were were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.