Dimapur, March 11: Nagaland is going to hold polls to 39 Urban Local Bodies(ULB) after almost two decades on May 16, with 33 per cent reservation of seats for women.
Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio in its first meeting on Tuesday had deliberated on the conduct of the ULB elections by May this year with 33 per cent women reservation as directed by the Supreme Court.
Talking to reporters, State Election Commissioner (SEC) T Mhabemo Yanthan informed that filing of nominations will start on April 3 and end on April 10.
He informed that scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on April 12 and April 13, while the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 24. Votes will be counted on May 19.
ULB elections in the state have been long overdue as the last polls were held in 2004. Since then, elections were not conducted over the issue of the “unresolved” Naga peace talks, and reservation for women, which several tribal bodies opposed, asserting that it infringes on the special rights for Nagaland guaranteed under Article 371(A) of the Constitution.
