New norms: 1st civic polls on May 22

TNN / Updated: Apr 29, 2016, 10:29 IST

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Since the imposition of education qualification for candidates contesting the municipal bodies' elections, Haryana will witness first civic polls on May 22.

Chandigarh: Since the imposition of education qualification for candidates contesting the municipal bodies' elections, Haryana will witness first civic polls on May 22. Earlier, the imposition of a similar condition for candidates contesting panchayat elections in January had created a political storm in the Haryana villages with women and youngsters getting prominence.
About a month back, the Haryana government had fixed Class X as the educational qualification for the general category candidates for civic body polls too.

Haryana election commissioner Rajiv Sharma on Thursday announced the election schedule for 15 municipal councils and 28 municipal committees of the state.
About 15 lakh voters would get to exercise their right to vote during the polls. The government claims that the new conditions on the candidates aim at strengthening the urban local bodies - the third tier of the governance - and improving the efficiency, transparency and accountability by making education as a necessary qualification for the office-bearers of these bodies.

The state election commissioner said that the election of these municipalities would be conducted by the use of EVMs, for which approximately 2,076 EVMs of single post would be used.
He said that model code of conduct has now come into force with immediate effect in the areas of municipal corporations, municipal councils and municipal committees where the polls would be conducted. He made it clear that no officer or official connected with the election work would be transferred till the completion of election process.

Can't contest

Any person facing criminal charges punishable with 10 years or more in jail
Those who fail to pay arrears of cooperative banks
Those who fail to pay electricity dues
Those who have not passed matriculation examination
Those who don't have toilet at home

Election schedule

Nomination submission: May 5 to May 11
Scrutiny of nomination papers: May 12
Withdrawal of candidature: May 13
Allotment of symbols: May 13
Polling: May 22
Counting: May 22 after polling is over

Municipal councils going to polls: 15
Charkhi Dadri, Hansi, Kaithal, Narnaul, Tohana, Fatehabad, Sohna, Bahadurgarh, Narwana, Jind, Thanesar, Hodal, Palwal, Mandi Dabwali, and Gohana
Municipal committees going to polls: 28
Naraingarh, Cheeka, Rajound, Barwala, Mahendergarh, Nangal Chaudhary, Samalkha, Bhuna, Ratia, Jhajjar, Safidon, Uchana, Tarori, Nissing, Gharaunda, Assandh, Ladwa, Pehowa, Shahabad, Ferozepur Zhirka, Nuh, Punhana, Bawal, Meham, Kalanwali, Ellenabad, Rania, and Ganaur

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