The polling for the election of the Board of Administrators of the Rajkot Nagrik Sahakari Financial institution concluded peacefully on Sunday, stated an official assertion from the workplace of Rajkot Collector. That is the primary time in 28 years that Rajkot’s greatest co-operative financial institution is holding elections for the publish of administrators. Whereas the counting of votes will likely be held out on Tuesday, a complete voting turnout of 96.39% was registered. The polling befell between 8 am and 4 pm.
As per the assertion, the Rajkot Collector has been appointed because the Election Officer for the polls by the Cooperative Election Authority of the Union Ministry of Cooperation. It’s for the primary time in Gujarat that voting has been held for the election of board of administrators of a multi-state co-operative financial institution.
Of the overall 21 board administrators, six have been declared elected uncontested.
On Sunday, voting was held for a complete of 15 seats; 23 basic seats of Rajkot constituency and two reserved for girls. For the 13 seats, 23 candidates had been in fray whereas, for the 2 seats reserved for girls, three candidates are combating the election.
A complete of seven polling cubicles — situated in Rajkot metropolis, Jetpur, Morbi, Jasdan, Ahmedabad, Surat and Mumbai — had been arrange for the voting.
The cubicles in Jetpur, Surat and Mumbai witnessed 100% voting. And those in Rajkot metropolis, Morbi, Jasdan and Ahmedabad witnessed 96.43%, 97.67%, 93.10% and 81.82% voting, respectively.
