Today in Ahmedabad during a press meet State Election Commissioner Varesh Sinha announced that in Gujarat elections for 10,318 Sarpanchs, Gram Panchayat bodies, bypolls for vacant seats to be held on 27 December and vote counting to be on 29 December.
Gram Panchayat elections are not directly contested.
Results of these elections will give indication for upcoming Gujarat Assembly election of 2017 with a political battle between two arch rivals. It will help tap the mode and trend of voters towards individual parties.
5 December: notification
10 December: filing of nominations by candidates
14 December: deadline for withdrawal of nominations
27 December: voting
29 December: vote coning
