Polling to be held between 8 am and 4 pm on December 17
5.97 lakhh voters to decide fate of 453 candidates in Jalandhar MC polls
By SK.Vyas
Jalandhar, December 16,2017: Around 5.97 lakh voters will decide the fate of 453 candidates who are in fray for the polls of Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar (MCJ), Municipal Committees of Bhogpur and Goraya besides Nagar Panchayat of Shahkot and Bilga.
Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, Varinder Kumar Sharma said that there were 5,59, 432 voters in 80 wards of the MCJ out of which 2,85,649 were male and 2,73,783 were female. He said that these candidates would decide the fate of 305 candidate who were in fray of Municipal polls. Likewise, Mr. Sharma said that 8814 voters (4571 male and 4243 female) in Municipal Committee Bhogpur would decide the fate of 42 candidates, who were contesting election from 13 wards.
Total 39 candidate are in fray for 13 wards of Municipal Committee Goraya having total 10,265 voters (5393 male and 4872 female). Likewise, 10,829 voters (5579 male and 5250 female) will cast votes in 13 wards of Nagar Panchayat, Shahkot having 37 contestants. Another 8013 voters (3875 male and 4138) would decide the fate of 38 candidates in 13 wards of Nagar Panchayat, Bilga, he added.
The DC said that polling for the civic bodies would take place from 8 am to 4 pm. All voters present at the Polling Station at the close of polling will be entitled to cast their votes in accordance with the rules.. The counting of votes will take place after the polling at the polling station itself.