Imphal, Sept 12: With just month to go, candidates contesting for the Zilla Parishad, Pradhan and members are gearing up election campaign at their respective areas.
A total of 16 candidates are in the fray for 6 Zillar Parishad seats in Kakching district. For the 15 Gram Panchayat seat a total of 41 candidates are contesting for the respective seats. For the 168 members seat 64 have been declared uncontest while 212 candidates will fight for the 104 seat. Poll date is scheduled on October 7.
SDO Kakching and SDO Waikhong will be the returning area for their respective jurisdictions and the overall charge will be looked after by the Kakching DC.
Under Kakching SDO/RO there are 3 Zilla Parishad Constituencies. 8 candidates are in the fray for the three seats. For the 7 gram Panchayat seat 22 are contesting. For the 78 ward members, 35 are declared uncontest remaining will contest. Under kakching RO total voters is 30,863 of which 14911 are male and 15,952 are female voleters. Voting will be conducted at 79 polling stations.
Under Waikhong SDO/RO 8 candidates are contesting for the 3 seats and 19 candidates are in the fray for the 8 Gram Panchayat. There are 90 ward members seats of this 29 seats have been declared uncontest. 12o candidates are contesting in the remaining seat. Total voters under Waikhong SDO/RO is 38,307 of which 16,946 are male and 17, 361 are female voters. Voting will be conducted at 90 polling stations.
DC Kaching assured free and fair poll and appealed the voters to restrain violence. Security measures have also been beefed up to foil any attempt to sabotage the election, the DC said.