The Election Commission on Monday announced the dates for the three-tier UP District Panchayat President election 2021 and it will be held from June 15 to July 3. Earlier, panchayat elections were held in 75 districts of UP in four phases. The polling were held on April 15, April 19, April 26, and April 29.
According to the State Election Commissioner, polling is to be held on six District Panchayat posts in Rae Bareli, Unnao, Lakhimpur Kheri, Varanasi and Badaun. For the remaining Panchayat members, 665 nomination papers were received for 186 posts. Of these, 31 were canceled during investigation and 73 withdrew.
The notification regarding the election was issued by the State Election Commission. State Election Commission Officer on special duty SK Singh said that the program for the election of district panchayat president will be released on Tuesday. He said that the elections should be completed by the date fixed by the government.
