The election to the Tiwa Autonomous Council in Assam has been scheduled to be held on December 17 following all the COVID-19 protocols.
The State Election Commission (SEC) announced that votes will be counted two days later on December 19. The polling across the Council’s 36 constituencies spread over Kamrup Metropolitan districts, Hojai, Morigaon, and Nagaon will take place between 7:30 am and 4:30 pm.
State Election Commissioner Alok Kumar issuing poll notification stated that the last date of filing of nomination papers is November 25 and scrutiny of documents will be done the next day. The list of validly nominated candidates will be declared on November 26.
The Election Commissioner also notified that withdrawal of candidature will be allowed till November 28.
The counting of votes will be done on December 19 starting from 8 am till the completion of the counting process.
If necessary, a re-poll will be held on December 18.
