INFORMATION ON GENERAL ELECTION TO PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS IN ORISSA - 2002 Published by State Election Commission, Orissa, Bhubaneswar . • 1 . r, FOREWORD General Elections to three tier Panchayati Raj Institutions were held during 19th to· 27th February, 2002 to elect 854 Zilla Parishad Members, 6227 Panchayat Samiti Members, 6234 Sarpanches and 87,547 Ward Members in all the 30 districts, 314 & 6234 Blocks GPs of the · State. While indirectI Elections to the office of Naib-Sarpanches were held on 10.03.2002, such election for the office of Chairman of Panchayat Samiti and President of Zilla Parishad were held on 11.03.2002 and 13.03.2002 respectively. This compilation is a comprehensive compendium comprising of the Election notifications issued by the Commission, reservation status of the three tier Panchayat Institutions, and information pertaining to candidates for the office of Ward Member, Sarpanch, Panchayat Samiti Member and Zilla Parishad Member. The compilation also includes logistic details such as no. "of booths, temporary structures, phasing of the elections, phase-wise percentage of polling, re-polls ordered by the Commission and party-wise break-up of contesting and elected candidates in Zilla Parishad Constituencies. The names of elected Presidents/Vice Presidents of Zilla Parishads, Zilla Parishad Members, Chairman/Vice-Chairman of Panchayat Samiti, Panchayat Samiti Members and Sarpanches have also been included in the compilation. The compilation is expected to be useful to the Political Parties, Govt. Departments and N.G.Os working in the areas of Panchayati Raj. · Preparation of the compilation has been a labour of love for all of us in the Commission. We shall feel amply rewarded if the users find it truly helpful. Abhayanand Rath State Election Commissioner, Orissa INDEX I=~ I Subject I i;::.e I 1 Abstract information on reorganization of Orama Panchayats 1 2 Notification for election to Ward members and Sarpanches of 3 Gram Panchayats 3 Notification for election to members of Panchayat Samitis, 6 Chairmen and Vice- Chairmen 4 Notification for election to members of Zilla Parishads, Presidents 9 and Vice-Presidents. 5 Reservation of Ward member 12 6 Reservation of Sarpanch 13 7 Reservation of Panchayat Samiti Member 14 8 Reservation of Zilla Parishad Member 15 9 Information pertaining to candidates for the office of Ward 16 Members 10 Information pertaining to candidates for the office of Sarpanch. 17 11 Information pertaining to candidates for the office of P.S. 18 Members. 12 Information pertaining to candidates for the office of Zilla 19 Parishad Members 13 Total No. of Booths / Temporary structures. 20 14 No. of Constituencies which went to Polls during the five Phase 21 Panchayat Elections. 15 Phase-wise Percentage of Polling 22 16 Re-polls ordered by the Commission due to various reasons. 23 17 Party-wise break-up of contesting candidates in ZP 25 constituencies 18 Party-wise break-up of elected candidates in ZP constituencies 27 19 Elected Presidents/ Vice Presidents of Zilla Parishads 29 20 District wise and Constituency wise list of elected Zilla Parishad 30 Members along with their reservation Status and Party affiliation 21 List of Chairman/ Vice-Chairman of Panchayat Samitis 75 22 Names of elected Sarpanches/ Panchayat Samiti Members 90 [iJ Abstract information on reorganistion of Grama Panchayats Name of the District No. of Blocks No. ofZP No. of P.S. Members No. of P.S. No. ofGPs No. ofGPs No. of Wards No. of Wards Members (Before re- Members (After re- (After re- • T loetor~ ro • organisation) organisation) (After re- b~LWtiatfon) organisation) orgamsation) organisation) J Angul ~v-- 8 28 180 209 180 209 2805 2938 285 3248 3527 "-'' [Balangir ·/ 14 34 241 285 241 [Balasore ~ -- 12 45 257 289 257 289 4132 4354 "" ' Baragarh 12 34 196 248 196 248 3297 3401 ' . 193 2769 2970 '-" [Bhadrak , ~ 7 28 166 193 166 'V Boudh =; V 3 9 58 63 58 63 856 880 ,.J Cuttack ~-·· 14 46 274 342 274 · 342 4844 5474 J Deogarh -~ 3 7 53 60 53 60 689 738 2605 2821 V Dhenkanal v--· · 8 27 172 199 172 199 I Cajapati -~ 7 14 106 129 106 129 1311 1526 6800 6943 Ganjam 1 .•...•• - 475 'v 22 69 444 475 444 hlagatsinghpur 165 194 165 194 3132 3357 V ~ 8 26 ' Jajpur 280 4018 4285 V v 10 39 242 280 242 •, Jharsuguda , .I"" 78 60 78 817 928 . ./ 5 9 60 n<alahandi 195 273 195 273 2772 3377 V ~ 13 36 ,. Name of the District No. of Blocks No. ofZP No. of P.S. Members No. of P.S. No. ofGPs No. ofGPs No. of Wards No. of Wards Members (Before're- Members (After re- (After re- ~befor.e rf • {Jle_fore rt\ • organisation) (After re- organisation) organisation) rgamsa on) organisation) organisation) v Kandhamal 12 18 144 153 144 153 2029 2083 [Kendrapara ' 230 205 230 3560 3624 V 9 32 205 x.- fKeonjhar ..- ··., 13 37 244 286 244 286 3405 3680 ~hurda 168 152 168 2571 2617 ."'v' 10 30 152 [Koraput / ' 197 226 197 226 2460 2725 v \_.~ 14 29 -- 77 108 1062 1319 'v 00-alkangiri ~ -- 7 15 76 104 fMayurbhanj 382 316 382 4901 5254 N '--" . 26 56 316 148 169 1881 2048 ,/ Nawarangpur ~ I• 10 26 148 166 \/'"' Nayagarh .._/ 8 24 143 179 143 179 2630 2934 '-./' rNuapada ,-V 5 14 93 109 93 109 1271 1385 / Puri / 11 33 204 230 204 230 3381 3551 .../ Rayagada v' 11 22 140 171 140 171 1825 2094 . fsambalpur 148 132 148 1802 1874 "-./ e,.._/ 9 19 132 .• ·..:..." 1·;•,· ...:.,, -. -';'"~:. t ~,-:: .... ·.',< ?'1238 Sonepur \.,/" 6 13 80 96 ·''80 96 1358 [Sundargarh ~ 170 262 170 262 2966 3482 V 17 35 , Grand Total 314 854 5253 6227 5254 6234 81077 87547 911 !'11 ~1 !'JI !'JI [!] STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, ORISSA JANAPATH, UNIT IX, BHUBANESWAR. NOTIFICATION Dated, Bhubaneswar the 10th January 2002 No.Ele(GP)-78/01-163/SEC- Whereas the Government of Orissa in the Panchayati Raj Department have, by order under section 12 of the Orissa Grama Panchayat Act, 1964 published in the Official Gazette on the J'h January 2002 called upon all the Gram Panchayats in the State to elect Ward Members and Sarpanches for the purpose of constituting the Gram Panchayats: Now, therefore, in exercise of powers conferred under Article 243K of Constitution of India and rule 13 read with rule 18 of the Orissa Grama Panchayat Election Rules, 1965 the State Election Commission hereby appoints the following dates &. time with respect to the said elections: Particulars Date Time Place o. ~;t1. I Issue of notice by 16.01.2002 i) Panchayat Office I Election Officer u/r 24 calling for names of the ii} Concerned Ward. candidates for Sarpanch I and Ward Members ' I I ! . - --····----··---- ------- - 2. Issue of nomination From17.01.2002 UA.M. Panchayat Office . forms { Form No.4) and to to presentation of 21.01.2002 5 P.M. on each nominations day. u/r 26. i' r 3. Scrutiny of nominations 22.01.2002 11A.M Panchayat Office u/r 29, onwards till I completion - 4. Publication of list of 23.01.2002 . 3.00 P.M. Panchayat Office validly nominated candidates u/r 32(1) s. Withdrawal of Upto 25.01.2002 By3.00P.M. Block Office candidature u/r 32{4) 6. Publication of final list of 25.01.2002 After 3.00P.M. Panchayat Office contesting candidates u/r 32{5} Date(s) of poll and 19/21/23/ Poll -7AM to 7. counting. 25/ 27.02.2002 12 Noon (As would be Polling station notified by the Counting-lPM Election Officer) Onwards till LI _~ completion 3 Declaration of result of 28.02.2002 10.00A.M. Block Office Men Sarpanch & Ward onwards Member u/r 51 till completion info1 I Publication of names of 01.03.2002 Block Office I elected 5arpanch and ~: Ward Members u/r 52 Men 10 a. Issue of notice 02.03.2002, lnfo1 !convening Special . !Meeting for election of Naib-5arpanch u/r 75 Men nea Panchayat Office lb. Publication of notice 02.03.2002. u/r 75. Men lnfo1 Panchayat Office 11 Date of Special meeting 10.03.2002 · 10.00A.M. 377! and election of Nalb- onwards 5arpanch;and till Completion \ I declaration of results Men I u/r 80. 12 Publication of name of 11.03.2002 Block Office t \ duly elected Naib- I 5aroanch L By order and in the name of state Election Commission, Orlssa Dr. P.K. Chaulla Secretary Memo No.164/SEC., Dated 10th January 2002 Copy forwarded to Director, Printing stationery and Publication, Orlssa, Cuttack for Immediate pubHcation of this statutory notification lo an Extraordinary Issue of Orlse Gazette on 10,01,2002 and supply five hundred copies to the Commission. • Secretary Memo No.165/SEC., Dated 10th January 2002 · Copy forwarded to Secretary to His Excellency, Governor of Orissa for favour of Information of the Governor. · Secretary Memo No.166/SEC., Dated 10th January 2002 Copy forwarded to Secretary to Hon'ble Chief Minister, Orissa for favour of Information of the Chief Minister. Secretary Memo No.167/SEC., Dated 10th January 2002 Copy forwarded to Secretary, OLA for favour of Information of the Hon'ble Speaker/Deputy Speaker and for clrculatlon to the Hon'ble Members of OLA for favour of their Information. Secretary Memo No.168/SEC., Dated 10th January 2002 Copy forwarded to Private Secretaries to Hon'ble Ministers/ Leader of Opposition / Chief Whip / Ministers of state/ Deputy Chief Whip/ for favour of Information of the Ministers/ Leader of Opposition / Chief Whip/ Ministers of State/ Deputy Chief Whip. Secretary 4 .. ·1 Memo No.169/SEC., Date Dated 10th January 2002 Copy forwarded to Chief Secretary, Orissa/ D.G., Police, Orissa, Cuttack for Information and necessary action.