2022 Haryana local body election date announced. Check full schedule

New Delhi: Haryana State Election Commissioner on Monday announced the schedule for the state local body polls. Elections will be held for the seats of presidents and members of all wards of 28 municipal committees and 18 municipal councils.

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Addressing a press conference, State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh said that polling for 46 local bodies in Haryana will be held on June 19 and the counting of votes will take place, 3 days later i.e. on June 22. The polls will begin at 7am and continue till 6pm.

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Jannayak Janata Party will fight the urban body polls together.

Haryana Local Body Election 2022

.Municipal elections will be held on June 19

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.The counting of votes will take place on June 22

.Notice will be issued for election on May 24

.If there is a need for a re-poll, it will be done on June 21

.Election symbols will also be given on June 7

.The process of nomination will continue from May 30 to June 4

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— DPR Haryana (@DiprHaryana) May 23, 2022

In the previous MC polls too, the BJP and JJP had contested the polls together and won the elections, with the BJP acquiring the highest number of votes.

The schedule has been long-awaited and comes days after the Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of pleas against civic body elections in Haryana, paving way for the polls as per the old reservation policy.

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