Meeting Held for General Elections of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 23^rd September:- A meeting was held today at the UT guest house regarding arrangements to be done for the smooth conduct of General Elections of Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh likely to be held in the month of December, 2016. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Rakesh Mehta, State Election Commissioner, U.T., Chandigarh in the presence of Anurag Agarwal, Home Secretary-cum- Secretary Local Government, Ajit Balaji Joshi, Deputy Commissioner-cum- Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Dr. S.B. Deepak Kumar, Special Secretary Personnel, Kriti Garg, Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Amit Talwar, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Director Transport, Virender Chaudhary, Joint Commissioner, MC and Rubinderjit Singh Brar, Director School Education.

The Secretary Local Government intimated that general elections to M.C.C. will be held from the existing 26 wards. The reservation of five wards for scheduled caste candidates for the upcoming general election to the Corporation shall be made afresh on the basis of maximum percentage of scheduled caste population as shown in the latest Census of 2011 and defined in Sub-Section (36A) of Section 2 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 as extended to U.T. Chandigarh. 

The State Election Commissioner intimated that the reservation of wards for S.C. (including S.C.(Women) & Women will be made through draw of lots on 14^th October, 2016.

During the meeting discussions and decisions were made on the proper arrangements to be done by various departments prior to the General Elections for 26 wards in the month of December, 2016, Adoption of Modern Technology as a Pilot Project during the General Elections 2016 on selected polling booths, Adequate measures will be adopted to increase the percentage of voting by creating awareness regarding the General Elections 2016 through various activities like advertisements, publicity material and promotions., Persuasion to the general public through media to get their names registered as electors before the last date of filing of nominations by the contesting candidates, People to be educated and informed about the General Elections 2016 by deploying Booth Level Officers to distribute voting slips in every household, The Election Commission desired that the Chandigarh Administration will impose ban on the transfer of officers and officials of the Chandigarh Administration during the period from 15^th October to 20^th December, 2016 in the interest of smooth polling and the District Magistrate & the Chandigarh Police will make adequate arrangements for the proper implementation of the Model Code of Conduct and provisions of Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 2007 as extended to U.T. Chandigarh.