Notification issued for DDC elections in J&K
06-November-2020

J&K State Election Commissioner KK Sharma issued the first notification on Thursday for conducting the maiden election to the District Development Councils (DDCs) in 20 districts and bypolls to panchayats. The DDC elections will be held in eight phases from November 28 to December 22. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Hardesh Kumar also issued the first notification for conducting an eight-phase bypoll for the civic bodies.

According to the notification, the last date for submitting nominations is next Thursday, followed by scrutiny a day later and withdrawal of candidature on November 16.

He said the polling would be held from 9 am to 1 pm on November 28 and the counting of votes would be taken up on the same day for panchayat bypolls and on December 22 for the DDC polls.

The date before which the elections should be completed was fixed as December 24, the spokesperson added.