CHANDIGARH: A total of 6.33 lakh voters will decide the fate of 203 candidates of BJP, Congress, AAP, SAD, BSP and Independents as 35-ward municipal corporation goes to polls on Friday.
This time, there is a triangular contest on almost all the seats with the BJP, the Congress and the AAP candidates fiercely facing each other.
The state election commission, UT, has made elaborate arrangements with 695 polling stations, where notice boards have been put up with summary particulars of the candidates. Voters can also find out about the candidates by downloading ‘Nigam Chunav Chandigarh’ from Google Play Store. They can also know the approximate queue at the polling station.
Keeping in view the Covid protocols, the election commission has put up tents so that voters do not stand in long queues and rather wait in the enclosed area. An official with a thermal scanner will measure body temperature of voters and each polling station will have the provision of masks, single-hand glove and sanitizers.
Paid holiday for staff
Repealing its earlier order, the UT administration has now declared Friday a paid holiday for all employees of factories, shops and commercial establishments falling in the area of ward numbers 1 to 35 of the municipal corporation (MC).
Dry day up to 9pm today
A total of 6.33 lakh voters will decide the fate of 203 candidates as 35-ward municipal corporation goes to polls on Friday.
The paid holiday order has been issued to provide an opportunity to the public to exercise their right to franchise.
Earlier on Wednesday, the UT administration had fixed short leave for all factories, shops and commercial establishments.
In a partial modification of the order issued by the excise and taxation commissioner on December 17, dry days will be observed up to 9pm on December 24 and the whole day on the counting day, December 27.
Earlier, dry days were to be observed for the whole day from December 22 to 24 and on December 27.
