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PANAJI
Earlier in the week, the SEC notified the polls for 186 village panchayats on June 11 with the counting scheduled for June 13. Accordingly, the code of conduct will be in effect from Thursday till June 13.
The process of nomination of candidates began on May 18 and will continue till May 25 followed by scrutiny on May 26 and 27 and withdrawal on May 29.
SEC has also appointed the taluka observers to monitor the Code of Conduct, which came into force on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the reservation of wards for the polls was notified on Wednesday and 35.5 per cent of the 1,522 wards have been reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
Of the 540 wards reserved for these three categories, 357 have been reserved for the OBC, 168 for STs and 15 for the SCs.
The ‘quota within quota’ for women covers a total of 167 wards of these 540 reserved wards with 110 reserved for women in OBC quota, 54 for ST women and three for SC women. In addition to this, 323 wards have been reserved exclusively for women taking the total reservation for women to 490 wards or 33 per cent, as per the 73rd amendment to the Constitution of India.
