Bhubaneswar, Dec 27: The dates for the Panchayat polls which has been announced today by the State Election Commission (SEC). It will begin from Feb 13, 2017. Poll code of conduct will come into effect and will be in force in the city till Feb 21 i.e., the ending day of Panchayat polls. The voting process will start from 7 AM and will close on 12 noon. To file nominations by the candidates, the date has been fixed from Jan 11 to Jan 17. On Jan 18, scrutiny process of the papers will be conducted. Jan 21 has been fixed for the withdrawal of nominations and on that day the final selected candidates’ list will be published, official sources said. It may be noted that, 6805 gram panchayats and 853 Zilla Parishads will be participating in the Panchayat polls.
