Bhubaneswar: The Cooperation Department of the State government today published a notification announcing June 19 and 26 as the dates for holding the first phase of election of the Members of the Committees of the Primary Co-operative Societies in the State.
The notification was issued following the recommendation of the State Co-operative Election Commission as required under rule 3(1-a) of the Odisha Co-operative Societies (Election to the Committees) Rules, 1992.
Election will be held in three phases. In the first phase, election will be held for 7,076 primary cooperative societies, while 132 central societies will go to polls in the second phase and thirdly, polls will be conducted for 21 apex societies functioning in the State.
However, the date for the second and third phase election has not been finalised yet.
About 3,892 election officers will be appointed for the poll. There are over 30 lakh members in the primary societies, who will vote in the poll, informed State Co-operative Election Commissioner Sundarlal Seal.
Following the election of primary members, the election for president and then vice-president posts of the societies will be conducted in a 15 days gap, Seal said.
Election to the three-tier cooperative societies including farmers, weavers, fishermen, and milkmen societies is due after completion of the tenure of the elected management in 2020.
