Voting for first phase on July 10, second phase on July 15
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun
The three tier Panchayat elections in the 12 districts of Uttarakhand (barring Haridwar) will be held in two phases. The voting in the first phase will be held on July 10 while the voting for the second phase will be on July 15. The State Election Commission and the State government issued the notifications of the Panchayat elections on Saturday following which the model code of conduct (MCC) in the State has come into force.
A total of 47,77,072 ( 23,10,996 female, 24,65,702 male) voters will exercise their franchise in the elections.
| SN | District | First phase Blocks | Second phase Blocks |
| 1 | Almora | Takula, Dhauladevi, Tadikhet, Bhainsiachana, Lamgada and Chaukhutia | Salt, Syalde, Bhikiasain, Hawalbagh and Dwarahat |
| 2 | Udham Singh Nagar | Khatima, Sitarganj, Gadarpur and Bajpur | Rudrapur, Kashipur and Jaspur |
| 3 | Champawat | Lohaghat, Pati | Champawat, Barakot |
| 4 | Pithoragarh | Dharchula, Didihat, Munsyari, Kanalicheena | Vin, Munakot, Berinag, Gangolihat |
| 5 | Nainital | Betalghat, Okhalakanda, Ramgarh, Dhari | Haldwani, Ramnagar, Bhimtal and Kotabagh |
| 6 | Bageshwar | Bageshwar, Garud, Kapkot | |
| 7 | Uttarkashi | Mori, Purola, Naugaon | Dunda, Chinyalisaur, Bhatwadi |
| 8 | Chamoli | Dewal, Tharali, Jyotirmath, Narayanbagad | Pokhari, Dasholi, Nandanagar, Karnparayag, Gairsain |
| 9 | Tehri | Johnpur, Pratapnagar, Jakhnidhar, Tholdhar, Bhilangana | Kirtinagar, Devprayag, Narendranagar, Chamba |
| 10 | Dehradun | Chakrata, Kalsi, Vikasnagar | Doiwala, Raipur, Sahaspur |
| 11 | Pauri | Khirsu, Pabbo, Thalisain, Nainidanda, Beeronkhal, Rikhnikhal, Ekeshwar, Pokhra | Yamkeshwar, Jaiharikhal, Dugadda, Dwarikhal, Pauri, Kot, Kalzikhal |
| 12 | Rudraprayag | Ukhimath, Jakholi, Agastyamuni |
Announcing the schedule of the elections at his office on Saturday, the State Election Commissioner Sushil Kumar said that the process of election will commence on June 25 with the filing of the nomination paper. The process of nomination paper filing will end on June 28 at 4 PM. The scrutiny of the nomination papers will be done on June 29 while the candidate can withdraw their nomination papers from 8.00 AM to 5.00 PM on July 02. Kumar said that the symbols for the first phase will be allotted on July 3 and on July 8 for the second phase. The voting for the first and second phase will be held from 8 AM to 5 PM on July 10 and 15 respectively.
The counting of the votes will commence at 8.00 AM on July 19 for both the phases and the process will continue till the official declaration of the results.
Kumar said that elections will be held in 89 blocks of 12 districts of the State. The voters will elect 55,587 village Panchayat members, 7,499 village Pradhans, 2,974 members of block Panchayat and 358 members of the district Panchayat. The SEC said that ballot papers of different colours- white for member village Panchayat, green for Pradhan, blue for member block Panchayat and pink for member district Panchayat- will be used in the elections.
Kumar further informed that a total of 8,276 polling stations and 10,529 polling booths will be set up in the Panchayat elections. He said that services of 95,909 employees, 3,342 light vehicles and 2,278 heavy vehicles will be taken for the smooth conduction of the Panchayat polls in the State. The commission will also deploy 55 general observers and 12 reserved observers in the elections. The maximum expenditure limit for member village Panchayat is Rs 10,000 while it is Rs 75,000 each for Pradhan and member block Panchayat and Rs 2,00,000 for member district Panchayat.
Kumar said that there were a total of 43,20,279 voters in the Panchayat elections held in the year 2019 while there will be a total of 47,77,072 voters in this year’s elections.
