Civic body elections: Schedule for revision of electoral rolls announced

The Punjab State Election Commission has notified the schedule for the revision of electoral rolls for the elections to the municipal corporations of Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Phagwara, 43 municipal councils and nagar panchayats and 52 byelections to municipalities in the state.

Disclosing this here today, Punjab State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhuri said the publication of draft electoral rolls by the electoral registration officers would be done on November 14 and filing of claims and objections, if any, would be done from November 18 to 25. The final rolls would be published on December 7.

A press note stated that the qualifying date for getting registered as a voter was November 1.