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News India Live, Digital Desk: A big news has come to light amidst election excitement in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh. At present, there seems to be a ‘brake’ on the three-tier Panchayat elections to be held in the state. The State Election Commission has made a major change in the date of publication of the Voter List. Now instead of final voter list on 22nd April 10 June 2026 Will be released on. After this decision, it has become clear that it is now impossible to hold elections before the tenure of the village heads ends.
The tenure of village heads is ending on 26th May.
Tenure of current village heads in Uttar Pradesh 26 May 2026 Expiring on. According to constitutional rules, it is necessary to form new Panchayats before the end of the tenure, but due to extension of the date of voter list, the election process has lagged behind. Now the notification is expected to be issued, nomination, voting and then counting of votes only after the second week of June. In such a situation, the command of the villages of the state is now in the hands of elected representatives. Administrators Can fall into the hands of.
Why was the date extended? Commission’s ‘surgical strike’ on duplicate voters
According to the new notification issued by State Election Commissioner Raj Pratap Singh, the main reason for this delay is to make the voter list error-free. commission 21 April to 28 May ‘Deduplication’ campaign will be run till 2017, under which names registered at more than one place and fake voters will be removed. After this, mapping of polling stations, determination of wards and downloading of voter lists will be done from May 29 to June 9.
There will be no leave in government offices, work will be done even on holidays
The Commission has issued strict instructions to get the election process back on track as soon as possible. District Magistrates, Election Officers and Assistant Election Officers engaged in the work of voter list revision have been instructed to Public Holidays But offices will still remain open. The Commission aims to make the final publication of the voter list on June 10 so that the election schedule can be announced.
What will happen after the tenure ends?
Since the tenure of village heads will end on May 26 and elections may be delayed till the end of June or July, the government will have to make alternative arrangements. According to experts, ADO (Panchayat) or other administrative officers at the government level can be entrusted with the responsibility of villages so that development work and government schemes are not affected.
