Guwahati, Nov 3 (PTI) The Assam State Election Commission (ASEC) on Tuesday announced the schedule for elections to the Mising Autonomous Council and Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council, with polling for both councils scheduled for November 30.
The last date for filing nominations is November 10, while scrutiny of papers will be held on November 12.
The list of validly nominated candidates will be published after the scrutiny.
The last date for withdrawal of candidature is November 16, when the final list of contesting candidates will be published, it said.
Polling will be held from 7.30 am to 4 pm, ASEC said.
Repoll, if required, will be held on December 1, it added.
Counting of votes will begin at 8 am on December 3, and the entire election process will be completed by December 5, the release said.
For the Mising Autonomous Council, polling will be held in all 40 constituencies, the commission said.
Of the 40 constituencies, 28 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes, seven for women and five are unreserved, it said.
The total number of electors is 6,35,493, comprising 3,17,297 male voters, 3,18,194 female voters and two voters belonging to the third gender.
A total of 1,032 polling stations will be set up for the voting exercise, it added.
For the Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council, polling will be held in all 32 constituencies.
The total number of electors is 1,63,966, comprising 79,295 male voters, 84,667 female voters and four voters of other category, with 337 polling stations set up across the constituencies, it added.
The commission said the process of inclusion of names of new voters in the electoral rolls will continue till the last date of filing nominations.
The maximum permissible election expenditure for each candidate in both elections has been fixed at Rs 2 lakh, it added. PTI TR TR MNB
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