The Punjab State Election Commission on Sunday announced that elections to five municipal corporations, 44 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in the state will be held on December 21.
All necessary arrangements have been made for the upcoming Municipal elections, it said.
The announcement was made in response to the directive issued by the Local Government Department.
The five municipal corporations going to polls are Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Phagwara.
Addressing the media here, State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhari said polling for five municipal corporations and 44 municipal councils and nagar panchayats will take place on December 21 from 7 am to 4 pm.
"The model code of conduct will come into force from today," he said.
The process of filling nominations will start from December 9 and the last date will be December 12. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on December 13 and the last date for the withdrawal of nominations will be December 14, Chaudhari said.
He said 37.32 lakh voters, including 17.75 lakh females and 204 others, are eligible to cast their votes in these elections.
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