Bhubaneswar: The nomination papers of 8648 candidates belonging to various categories have been rejected after scrutiny for the Panchayat Polls today.
According to the State Election Commission, the nominations of 156753 Ward Member candidates, 32860 Sarpanch candidates, 27034 Panchyat Samiti member candidates and 3767 Zilla Parishad candidates have been found to be valid after today’s scrutiny .
The 8646 nominations that have been rejected include nominations of 5544 Ward Member candidates, 1753 Sarpanch candidates, 1119 Panchayat Samiti members and 232 Zilla Parishad candidates. The final list of candidates after the withdrawal will be published on 25th January. The elections are going to be held from the 16 February in five phases.