Karnataka State Election Commission has notified that One lakh 17 thousand 383 candidates remain in fray for the first phase of Gram Panchayat election to be held on December 22nd. The Commission had received 1,64,550 nominations from 48,048 constituencies. Out of them 1,57,735 were found in order.
Out of the total nominations submitted, 40,352 were withdrawn and 4377 candidates were elected unopposed. The election will now be held for 43,238 constituencies in the first phase.
The Election Commission had announced a two-phase poll to be held on December 22 and 27, and the results will be announced
on December 30. The 2.96 crore electors will vote to elect 92,121 gram panchayat members in all.
As many as 45,128 polling booths will be set up, and about 2.7 lakh polling officials will be deployed to oversee elections. The Commission has made it clear that no political parties or their leaders will be allowed to campaign for the candidates as these are not party based elections. No candidate can display photos or symbols of any political parties or leaders in their publicity materials. Any violation of the norms will be tantamount to the violation of election code of conduct.