ITA 2 Municipal

: Altogether 26 candidates are in the fray for Municipal poll at Pasighat in East Siang district, slated for May 16 next coinciding with the three-tier Panchayat elections.
Assistant Municipal Returning Officer (AMRO) of Pasighat S Jamoh informed that the poll process including scrutiny of nomination papers of the candidates was completed in time.
Two candidates were declared unopposed.
The authority is introducing 10 Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in this poll.
Six polling personnel including the presiding officers have been engaged in each of the 10 polling stations to conduct the polling activities.
Out of the total 9,567 voters in the Municipality, about 7,772 voters will exercise their franchise to elect 10 councilors.

The Pasighat Municipal council has twelve wards and four out of the total seats are reserved for women candidates.
The unopposed winners are Kaling Darang of Ward 4 and Atik Pertin of Ward 5.
The duo was nominated by ruling Congress party.