HARYANA CIVIC POLLS: SEATS TO BE DECIDED ACCORDING TO LATEST POPULATION

The Haryana Government has announced the seat allocations for municipal corporations ahead of upcoming elections.

- DR. RAVINDRA MALIK

A fresh notification has been published in the official gazette by the Urban Local Bodies Department of the Haryana Government regarding the determination of total seats in municipal corporations of the state, where general elections are to be held by the State Election Commission in the coming few weeks, which include Faridabad, Gurugram, Manesar, Rohtak, Panipat, Yamunanagar, Karnal, and Hisar.

46 seats have been fixed in Faridabad Municipal Corporation, 36 in Gurugram Municipal Corporation, 26 in Panipat Municipal Corporation, 22 each in Yamunanagar and Rohtak Municipal Corporations, and 20 each in Karnal, Hisar, and Manesar Municipal Corporations.

In the notification issued regarding this, it is mentioned that as per the population obtained from the Family Information Data Fund established under the Haryana Family Identity Act, 2021, or 140 percent of the registered voters of the concerned Municipal Corporation area, whichever is higher.