INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hyderabad: Elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Council will be held on December 1, and the counting of votes will be
taken up on December 4.Voting will be on ballot papers and no electronic voting machines will be used, State Election Commissioner V
model code of conduct came into immediate effect in the GHMC limits.The term of the GHMC Council ends on February 10, 2020
As per the law, elections for a new Council can be held at any time three months before the expiry of the term of the Council.Parthasarathi
said nominations from candidates for the 150 wards in the GHMC will be accepted from Wednesday
While November 20 is the last date for filing of nominations, their scrutiny has been scheduled for November 21
force during the last GHMC elections in 2016, will continue this time around
be based on the lists used for the last Legislative Assembly elections.Anyone who attains the age of 18 years as on January 1, 2020, will be
eligible to exercise their right to vote in the civic body elections
from the general category will be Rs 5,000, and Rs 2,500 for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and Tribes, and Backward Class communities
Nominations, Parthasarathi, said can be filed online by the candidates.No candidate can spend more than Rs 5 lakh towards election
expenditure including campaigning costs and the expenditure details must be filed with the SEC within 45 days after the declaration of
expected to be deployed for polling and election related duties, anywhere between 25,000 and 30,000 police personnel are expected to be
pressed into service for security and bandobast duties
Special checkposts and pickets will be set up and rowdy sheeters will be bound over, he said.The sale of liquor in the GHMC limits will not
be allowed beginning 48 hours before the start of polling on December 1, he said.
