Ahmedabad, Jan 8 (PTI) State Election Commission ofGujarat today announced that elections for around 1,420village panchayats will be held on February 4 and counting ofvotes will take place on February 6.
The elections to the village panchayats comes acouple of months after the state assembly elections, in whichopposition Congress had an edge over ruling BJP in rural areasof Gujarat.
The commission in a press release said thatnotification for the election will be issued on January 5,while last date of filing of nomination forms is January 20.
Voting will take place on February 4 while counting ofvotes will be taken up on February 6, the release said.
The elections will be held in regular course to mostof this village panchayats as their term is ending, it added.
The village panchayats elections are not fought onparty symbols. However, both the BJP and the Congress havestarted preparations for the elections.
BJP held meeting of core committee last week toprepare for the elections, while the main opposition partyCongress today held meeting of its leaders to startpreparations for polls.
After the Gujarat Assembly elections held in Decemberlast year, BJP retained power by winning 99 seats whileCongress bagged 77 seats.
Congress won more seats than BJP in rural areas ofGujarat in the Assembly polls. PTI PDNRB.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.