Summary:
The State Election Commission is expected to declare the final date of polls on February 10. The Chief Minister also announced that the civic polls in the state would be conducted through ballot papers. The state Election Commission had conducted the Panchayat polls through paper ballots and it would face no problem in conducting the civic polls in a similar manner, a senior official at the State Election Commission said. According to sources in the State Election Commission, the civic polls would be conducted in 2-3 phases. The draft list of reservation for the civic polls in the state prepared by State Election Commission was released a few days ago..