Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A total of 1,835,316 voters of the cleanest smart city will elect their 85 councillors and mayor on Wednesday. For the post of mayor, 19 candidates and for the post of councillors 341 candidates are in the fray. Voting will take place from 7 am to 5 pm. The counting of votes will be done on July 17.
The IMC elections are being held on the instructions of the Supreme Court as the tenure of the mayor and councillors of IMC got over about 2 years ago. For the voting, 2,250 polling booths have been set up. Voters can exercise their franchise by showing the voters’ ID card, passport, bank passbook, driving licence, EPFO card, or any card issued by the central or the state government.
Order on setting up polling aid booth
Candidates are allowed to set up voters’ assistance booths at a distance of more than 100 metres from the polling station. At the booth, one table, two chairs and one banner (up to 2 feet x 3 feet) will be allowed. Even if more than one polling station is established in the same place, the candidate will be allowed to set up only one voters’ assistance booth. If these rules are not followed, the sector officer, sector magistrate and police officers will have the right to remove such booths. Also, permission of the local bodies will be necessary. It will be mandatory to give information about these booths to the police, as well.
Election Watch
There are a total of 85 wards in IMC limit
There are 2,250 polling stations
Total number of female voters 899,017
Total number of male voters 936,213
Total number of transgender voters 86
Total number of voters 1,835,316
(According to the publication of the final voters’ list made on May 10, 2022, by District Election Office)
Mayor Candidates
Name - Party
Pushyamitra Bhargarva - BJP
Sanjay Shukla - Congress
Kamal Gupta - AAP
Leela Dharmendra Ahirwar - BSP
Kuldeep Singh - NCP
Pravin Ajmera - Jansangh
Mukesh Choudhary - Socialist Party (India)
Santosh Kalyane - Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshiram)
Nasir Mohmmad - Aam Bhartiya Party
Rajneesh Kumar Jain - Ind.
Parmanand Tolani - Ind.
Babulal Bairva - Ind.
Dr Sanjay Bindal - Ind.
Prakash Mahavar Koli - Ind.
Pankaj Gupte - Ind.
Kailash Ramdas - Ind.
Mahendra Makasre - Ind.
Santosh Sharma - Ind.
Manoj Jain - Ind.
