Jharsuguda: The district administration on Wednesday issued notification for byelection to Brajrajnagar Assembly constituency.
Deputy collector and returning officer, in an official letter, informed BDOs tehsildars and executive officers about the byelection scheduled on May 31. The officials were requested to display the notification in polling stations and office notice board for information of the public.
With the release of the notification, the process of filing nomination papers for the byelection would start, Jharsuguda collector Saroj Kumar Samal had said at a presser on Tuesday. The model code of conduct also comes into effect from Wednesday.
The last date for filing nominations is May 11, while scrutiny of the papers will be held on May 12 and the last date for withdrawal is May 17. The counting has been scheduled for June 3.
Samal said the district administration has already formed 5 SST and 5 flying squads to enforce the model code and take up the complaints filed on the EC portal regarding its violation.
As per the voter list of January 1, 2022, total 2,14,261 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the byelection. While there were 257 polling booths in the last election, the administration plans to open 22 more booths this time.
The byelection has been necessitated due to death of Brajarajnagar MLA of BJD Kishore Kumar Mohanty on December 30 last year.
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