Uttarakhand: Preparations for the Zilla Panchayat President elections have intensified, the final publication of the reservation list will be on August 6, elections may be held before August 15

The process of the first phase of Uttarakhand three-tier Panchayat elections has been completed. Pradhan, Gram Panchayat, Gram Panchayat member, Kshetra Panchayat member and District Panchayat member have been elected. In such a situation, now elections are to be held for the posts of President and Chief. The State Election Commission has started preparing for it.

The Panchayati Raj Department has also released the provisional list of reservation of seats for the District Panchayat President. In such a situation, after the final publication of the reservation of the District Panchayat President on August 6, the State Election Commission will move forward in the direction of elections. It is expected that after the final publication of the reservation on August 6, the reservation proposal will be submitted to the Election Commission.

Elections are to be held for the posts of District Panchayat President in 12 districts of Uttarakhand. Along with this, elections are to be held on 89 seats of Block Pramukh. Reservation of Block Pramukh seats has already been decided by the Panchayati Raj Department. According to the reservation decided, 36 seats have been reserved for unreserved, 28 seats for general women, 12 seats for Scheduled Caste women, 5 seats for OBC women, 4 seats for Scheduled Caste, 3 seats for Scheduled Tribe women and one seat for OBC.

The Uttarakhand government is working towards the selection of the District Panchayat President and Block Pramukh before August 15. This is the reason why after the counting of votes for the Panchayat elections was completed on August 1, the reservation proposal was released in the Panchayati Raj Department as soon as the code of conduct was lifted. On the evening of August 1, the Panchayati Raj Department issues a provisional list fixing the reservation on the District Panchayat President seats. Objections have also been sought from the people. After resolving the objections, the final reservation proposal for the District Panchayat President seats will be issued on August 6.

According to the information received from the State Election Commission, the election of the District Panchayat President and Block Pramukh is likely to take about a week. During the Panchayat elections held in the year 2019, the process of election of District Panchayat President and Block Pramukh was completed in a week. In such a situation, it is expected that with the final publication of the reservation proposal of the District Panchayat President on August 6, the list will also be sent to the State Election Commission. After this, the election program will be prepared by the State Election Commission. After which its notification will be issued. In such a situation, the Model Code of Conduct will come into force as soon as the notification for the posts of President and Chief is issued by the State Election Commission. Provisional list of reservation on District Panchayat President seats

• Almora seat for women
• Bageshwar seat for women Scheduled Caste
• Champawat seat for unreserved i.e. general
• Chamoli seat for unreserved i.e. general
• Dehradun seat for women
• Nainital seat for unreserved seat
• Pauri Garhwal seat for women
• Pithoragarh seat for Scheduled Caste
• Rudraprayag seat for women
• Tehri Garhwal seat for women
• Udham Singh Nagar seat for OBC
• Uttarkashi seat for unreserved