Roorkee Municipal Corporation elections: Polling underway in 40 wards, result to be declared on Nov 24

Polling is in full swing in Uttarakhand's Roorkee Municipal corporation's 40 wards. The polling began at 8 am on Friday and will continue till 5 pm.

Media reports suggest that polling is currently underway at nearly 149 polling booths across 53 polling centers in the area.

The Roorkee Municipal Corporation has 40 wards recording a total population of 14.05 lakh voters. Out of the total population, nearly 7.26 lakh are men and 6.79 lakh are women voters.

The candidates filed their nominations on November 1 and November 2, and November 4-5 were set as dates to verify documents. The date of withdrawal of nomination was on November 6, and election symbols were allocated on November 7.

The State Election Commissioner (SEC) Chandrasekhar Bhatt said that ballot papers would be used in this election. 

The counting of votes will happen on November 24.