The scrutiny of nomination papers for the elections to 21 urban local bodies, including the Agartala Municipal Corporation, was conducted today. State Election Commission Secretary Anurag Sen informed that out of 1,109 nomination papers filed by 879 candidates, 49 nominations of 20 candidates were rejected. The nomination papers of 859 candidates have been declared valid.
Among them, 342 candidates belong to the BJP, 251 to the CPI(M), 216 to the Congress, 15 to TIPRA Motha and 35 to other parties.
The deadline for withdrawal of nominations is 10th of this month, after which the final list of candidates will be announced.
Agartala Municipal Corporation, comprising 51 wards, recorded the highest number of valid nominations at 164. Dharmanagar recorded 75, Udaipur 64, Kailashahar 54, Ambassa 47 and Belonia 45 valid nominations.
Polling will be held on November 27, while counting of votes is scheduled for December 2.
