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Punjab Municipal Election 2021: All you need to know

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Punjab Municipal Election 2021: All you need to know
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Punjab Municipal (MC) Election 2021: The voting process of General Elections of 8 Municipal Corporations and 109 Municipal Councils and Municipal Panchayats will be held at 8 am to 4 pm on February 14, 2021. The Punjab government has also announced dry day in the state for two days. Meanwhile, all the arrangements have been put in place by the administration ahead of Punjab Municipal (MC) Election 2021.
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Also Read | Petrol, diesel price hiked for 5th day in a row; check revised rates Punjab Municipal (MC) Election 2021: The Punjab government has also announced dry day in the state for two days. The Official Spokesperson of the Commission apprised that 30 IAS/PCS officers have been deputed as Observers to conduct free and fair elections. Apart from this IG/DIG level officers have also been appointed as Police Observers i.e. IPS Mukhwinder Singh Chinna has been deputed as observer for SAS Nagar, Roopnagar and Fatehgarh Sahib, besides this, Surjit Singh IPS for Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Pathankot, Baljit Singh Rathore IPS deputed for Bathinda, Mansa and Faridkot , Surinder Kumar Kalia IPS for Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala and SBS Nagar.
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Also Read | Onion Price Hike in India: No hope of getting relief till March Punjab Municipal (MC) Election 2021: The Punjab government has also announced dry day in the state for two days. The Spokesperson added that Harbaz Singh IPS has been selected as observer for Ferozepur, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Moga and Fazilka, Gurinder Singh Dhillon IPS for Patiala, Ludhiana, Barnala and Sangrur. He said that the voting process would be conducted on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and seven thousand EVMs have been arranged for the purpose. He informed that the Commission has appointed 20510 employees for uninterrupted voting. However around 19 thousand police personnel have also been deputed to conduct free and fair elections. Punjab Municipal (MC) Election 2021: The Punjab government has also announced dry day in the state for two days. Divulging more, the Spokesperson said that 9222 candidates are in fray for 2302 Wards. He said that the Commission has set up 4102 Polling Stations for these elections, Out of which 1708 stations announced as Sensitive and 161 as Hyper Sensitive. The Spokesperson made it clear that every voter who entered in polling station before 4 pm, he/she will have the right to vote. State Election Commission has also announced February 14 and 17, 2021 as Dry Day in Punjab. Counting of votes would be started at 9 am on February 17, 2021. Click here for ">latest updates on Education -PTC News-
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