Panaji
The State Election Commission has announced August 20 as the date for by-elections to Zilla Panchayat of Nuvem in South and Calangute and Corlim in North Goa Zilla Panchayat Constituencies besides also some village panchayat wards.
Besides the zilla panchayat seats, Ward No IV of Village Panchayat Dramapur - Sirlim in Salcete and ward no III of Village Panchayat of Morlem in Sattari taluka are vacant.
The Nuvem ZP seat fell vacant after a member Wilfred D'Sa resigned following his election to the State Assembly from his constituency while Calangute ZP seat fell vacant after Shawn Martins resigned following his victory at the panchayat elections.
At the panchayat elections, the Morlem seat fell vacant after election officials received no nominations, while in Sirlim Dramapur, the vacancy arose as the same candidate won from two seats and had to forfeit one.
The Deputy Collectors have been appointed as the Returning Officers and the Mamlatdars Assistant Returning Officers for talukas of Tiswadi, Bardez and Margao. The Returning Officers for Corlim constituency will be Dy Collector, Revenue and the Assistant Returning Officer Jt Mamlatdar - IV.
The nomination papers will be accepted by the Returning Officers between 10 am to 1 pm from August 1, 2017 to August 8, 2017 except on August 6, 2017 being Sunday.
The scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on August 9, 2017 from 10 am till scrutiny is over. Withdrawal of nomination papers will be allowed on August 10, 2017 from 10 am to 2 pm.
The poll will be by ballot papers on August 20, 2017 from 8 am to 5 pm and the counting of votes will take place on August 21, 2017. The limit for expenditure for each candidate is Rs 5 lakh.
