The last date for submitting nominations is December 11

In the backdrop of the State Election Commission announcing election to Madikeri CMC, the authorities have started making preparations for the smooth conduct of election.

To check the movement of people in front of CMC office, a barricade has been installed. The nominations will be received at a building next to Kaveri Kalakshetra. No nominations were received on the first day. The last date for submitting nominations is December 11 and nominations will be scrutinised on December 12. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is December 14. The public campaign will end on December 20 and election will be held on December 22 from 7 am to 5 pm.

The counting will be held on December 24 at 8 am. The total population in the CMC limits is 33,381. There are 24,325 voters, of which 11,934 are male and 12,391 are female voters.

There are 28 polling booths. Two election officers and two assistant election officers have already been appointed for 23 wards. Deputy Registrar of Cooperatives S Sridhar will be the election officer for ward 1 to 11. Youth Services and Sports department Assistant Director Jayalakshmi Bai will be the Assistant Election Officer.

Similarly, Watershed department Deputy Director Tirumalesh will be the election officer for ward number 12 to 23 and Horticulture department Assistant Director Pramod will function as Assistant Election Officer.

Three booths have been identified as hypersensitive, two as sensitive and 23 booths as general. St Michael High School booth has highest number of voters—1263 and Taluk panchayat building polling booth has lowest voters—465.

A total of 120 officials will be deployed for election.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DHNS – Madikeri / December 04th, 2013