JAMMU, Oct 08: The Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department on Wednesday announced by-elections to 12168 Panch and 1089 Sarpanch constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir which were vacant for the past about two years. Dates for the elections will be declared by the Election Authority who happened to be the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K.
As per the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department notification, the maximum vacancies of Sarpanchs for which elections will be held were 157 in Budgam district of Kashmir and minimum six in Samba district of Jammu region.
Posts of Sarpanchs in other districts on which elections will be held include
Pulwama (152),
Anantnag (137),
Baramulla (149),
Kulgam (132),
Bandipora (50),
Ganderbal (42),
Kupwara (32),
Shopian (75)
and Srinagar (9),
all in the Kashmir valley.
Vacancies of Sarpanchs in Jammu region include
Udhampur (17),
Reasi (10),
Ramban (13),
Doda (18),
Jammu (17),
Kathua (22),
Kishtwar (23),
Poonch (11)
and
Rajouri (16).
