Panvel: The nomination process for the Panvel Municipal Corporation general elections gathered pace on its second day, with 194 nomination forms sold on Wednesday, election officials said.
Polling and Results Schedule Announced
As per the State Election Commission’s schedule, polling for the Panvel civic body will be held on January 15, while counting of votes and declaration of results will take place on January 16. The nomination process, the first key stage of the election exercise, began on December 23. On the opening day, 233 nomination forms were sold.
Election authorities said nomination forms can be submitted from December 23 to December 30, between 11 am and 3 pm.
Ward-Wise Form Sales Highlight Popular Offices
Ward-wise data released by the civic administration showed that on the second day, the highest number of nomination forms were sold from Election Returning Officer Office 1 (Wards 1, 2 and 3), which recorded 55 sales. This was followed by Office 4 at Kamothe (Wards 11, 12 and 13) with 45 forms, and Office 3 (Wards 7 to 10) with 37 forms. Offices handling Wards 4 to 6 sold 23 forms, Wards 14 to 16 sold 18 forms, while Wards 17 to 20 recorded the sale of 16 forms.
Officials clarified that no nomination papers were filed on Wednesday, despite the steady sale of forms.
The scrutiny of nomination papers is scheduled for December 31 from 11 am, after which the list of valid candidates will be announced. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is January 2, while election symbols will be allotted and the final list of candidates published on January 3.
With the nomination window open for another week, election officials expect the pace of filings to pick up in the coming days.
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