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Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) has called a meeting with all political parties in the state at 11.30 am on January 10 here to discuss the upcoming panchayat polls.
The SEC issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday.
Polling will be held in 91,916 wards, 6,794 panchayats in the state.
Elections to form fresh councils will be conducted before the term of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) ends in March 2022.
For the first time, central counting will be done for the panchayat elections. Earlier, counting was being done at the polling booths itself.
The SEC has also raised the expenditure limit for candidates contesting the panchayat election.
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