Polling to 997 wards in 80 municipal boards in Assam will be held on March 6.
The counting of votes will take place on March 9. This was announced by the State Election Commission today.
Addressing in a press conference today, state Election Commissioner Alok Kumar said that the polling will be conducted through M2 electronic voting machines (EVMs) for the first time in the history of civic elections in the state.
Alok Kumar also added, “The last date for filing nominations has been fixed on February 15 and scrutiny of applications will be done on February 17.”
Meanwhile, the last date for withdrawal of candidature is February 20.
Keeping in mind the Covid-19 situation in the state, the EC has banned all kinds of road shows and election rallies this time.
Candidates are only allowed to conduct door-to-door campaigning. A maximum of 15 persons can take part in the election campaigning.