Ghaziabad Panchayat elections to begin in October

Ghaziabad Panchayat elections will be held in four phases from next month, with the counting of votes scheduled for November 1, the district election officer announced today.
District Election Officer (DEO) Vimal Kumar Sharma told reporters that the Panchayat elections will be conducted in four phases here.
In the first phase, aspiring candidates from Loni-block can file their nomination on September 28 and 29.
In second phase, nominations can be filed from October 1 to 3 in Muradnagar-block, he said.
Candidates of Razapur-block can file their nominations on October 6 and 7 in the third phase of the elections and finally in the fourth-phase, candidates from Bhojpur-block can file their nominations on October 9 and 10, Sharma said.

Electors can cast their votes on 9th, 13th, 17th and 29th of October in all four blocks respectively.
Votes will be counted on November 1, the official said, adding that election offices in all the districts will work on public holidays as per schedule.