Gujarat civic polls: HC scraps plea seeking one date for vote counting
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Last Updated: Feb 19, 2021, 05:10 PM IST
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A division bench comprising Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Ilesh Vora rejected the petition, which had sought the High Court s direction to quash the SEC s January 23 circular fixing February 23 and March 2 as the dates for counting of votes.
The elections of municipalities and panchayats will take place on February 28, and counting of votes will be done on March 2.
The Gujarat High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the State Election Commission s decision to conduct counting of votes for the local bodies election on different dates.
Andhra Pradesh Municipal polls to be conducted on March 10 ANI | Updated: Feb 15, 2021 16:07 IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 15 (ANI): Elections to 12 Municipal Corporations and 75 Municipalities in Andhra Pradesh will be conducted on March 10, said the state s Election Commissioner on Monday.
Andhra Pradesh Election Commission issued a notification for the conduct of ordinary elections in 12 Municipal Corporations and 75 Municipalities in the State. The date issued for polls is March 10, and counting will be held on March 14, 2021. The model Code of Conduct will come into action from Monday.
The process of these elections was stopped midway in March 2020 citing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the SEC Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar has decided to complete those elections.