Panchayat bypolls in Nov, Dec

Bhopal, Oct 1 (UNI) Byelections to different panchayat bodies in Madhya Pradesh will be held in November and December on the basis of the final publication of voters list on November 23, official sources said today.

The byelections will be held to fill up posts falling vacant as on September 30, while general elections will also be held in those Gram Panchayats where the previous election was held in 2002 or whose five-year tenure ends in November-December, 2007.

Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission has issued the schedule to prepare electoral rolls with January 1, 2007 as reference date, the sources said.

Preliminary publication of voters list will be made on October 30 and objections and claims on it will be accepted till November 6.

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