First ever DDC polls announced in J&K

Jammu, Nov 4 : The first ever elections to district development councils (DDCs) in Jammu and Kashmir were announced on Wednesday.
Announcing this at a press conference here on Wednesday, state election commissioner K.K. Sharma said the DDC polls will be held in eight phases beginning November 28 and will conclude on December 22.
He said elections to the vacant seats of sarpanchs, panchs and urban local bodies will be held simultaneously with the DDC polls.
“Polling will take place through EVMs and postal ballots will be available for Covid-19 patients in isolation, senior citizens and physically unwell patients.
“Electoral rolls used in sarpanch and panch elections which have been updated on January 1, 2020 will be used for DDC polls. Model code of conduct comes into force from Wednesday. The first formal notification for the first phase will be issued on Thursday.
“Delimitation has been done and 280 DDC constituencies have been identified across the J&K UT. The term of the DDC will be five years,” Sharma said.