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PANAJI
The State Election Commission has issued the notification for the polls to municipal councils of Ponda and Sanquelim.
As per the notification issued by the Goa State Election Commissioner R K Srivastava, 15 wards of Ponda Municipal Council will go to poll on April 29. The nomination papers of the candidates will be accepted by the Returning Officer from April 6 to 13 from 10 am till 1 pm except on Sunday.
Scrutiny of nominations will be undertaken on April 16 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 17. The counting will be carried out on May 7 at the meeting hall of Mamlatdar Office at the government building office at Tisk-Ponda.
Similarly, 13 wards of Sanquelim Municipal Council in Bicholim taluka will go to poll on May 6. The nominations from candidates for these wards will be accepted between April 12 and 20 from 10 am till 1 pm, except on April 14 and 15.
Scrutiny of the nominations will be undertaken on April 21 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature will be April 23.
Counting of votes will be carried out a day after the polls, on May 7 from 8 am onwards at Narayan Zantye Multipurpose Sports Complex Hall, Vathadev, Sarvan, Bicholim.
