Piravom poll: Last day for filing nominations on Feb 29

Sunday, February 19, 2012: Filing of nominations for the Piravom byelection will begin with the notification of the election on February 22. The nominations could be submitted between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on working days till February 29.
The scrutiny of nominations would take place on March 1. The last date for withdrawal of nominations would be March 3.
There would be restriction on people accompanying the candidates and the process of submission of nominations would be recorded as video. A candidate would be permitted to submit only a maximum of four sets of nominations, the release said.
10 days are required for processing applications for inclusion in the voters’ list, including notice period of seven days .Therefore only persons filing their applications before February 19 would be included in the voters’ list for the byelection.
Dates for hearing on applications submitted online for inclusion in the voters’ list for the constituency would be advanced. A meeting of Govt officials and political party members will held on Tuesday.