The West Bengal State Election Commission, (SEC) in an affidavit before the Calcutta High Court, has said that the number of withdrawals of nomination papers in the ensuing panchayat elections has been less than the 2018 panchayat polls.
According to the affidavit filed, the Commission said that while 17.66% nominations were withdrawn in the 2018 panchayat polls, the number of nominations taken back during the ongoing polls was 9.03%.
During this year, the SEC received 1,33,633 nominations out of which 20,612 nominations were withdrawn which comes to 9.03% of all the nominations filed by the candidates. In the year 2018, the Commission received 2,28,158 valid nominations of which a total of 23,619 nominations were withdrawn, taking the figure of nomination to 17.66%.
