Mizoram: SEC Announces Polls To Mara Autonomous District Council

Aizawl: Mizoram State Election Commission has announced that the polls for Mara Autonomous District Council in the Siaha district will be held on May 5.

As per the SEC notification, the election to the 25-member council will begin at 7 am and end at 5 pm.

The last date for filling out nominations papers will be April 13, and the scrutiny of documents will be done on the same day.

''The last date for withdrawal of candidature will be April 18,'' the notification added.

The election process will be completed by May 11 and the first meeting of the new council is scheduled for May 13.

Notably, a total of 42, 326 people, including 21, 960 women, are eligible voters in the council area.

Siaha East-II constituency has the highest number of voters at 2, 808, while the Amohtlah constituency has the least at 1,049.

MADC is one of the three ADCs constituted under the sixth schedule in the southern part of the state.

It was bifurcated from the erstwhile Pawi-Lakher regional council as Lakher Autonomous District Council in 1972 for the Mara people of the state.

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