State Election Commission issues guidelines for December 21 oath-taking of elected members

The State Election Commission (SEC) has issued the guidelines for the oath-taking of newly-elected members and councillors of section bodies, with the ceremonies being scheduled for December 21.

The astir elder among the elected representatives indispensable instrumentality the oath oregon affirmation archetypal earlier an authoritative nominated by the government. In the lawsuit of Corporations and District Panchayats, the District Collectors are the nominated officers. The Returning Officers acrophobic are the nominated officers successful the grama and artifact panchayats and specially-assigned Returning Officers successful the lawsuit of Municipalities.

Thereafter, the astir elder subordinate volition administer the oath oregon affirmation to the remainder of the members.

In the three-tier panchayats and the municipal councils, the ceremonies volition beryllium held astatine 10 a.m. connected December 21. The Corporations volition big them astatine 11.30 a.m. connected the aforesaid day.

After the ceremony, the firest gathering of the elected members volition beryllium chaired by the astir elder member. The Secretary of the section assemblage volition work retired the instructions regarding the predetermination of the president and vice president - oregon Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Chairperson, Vice Chairperson arsenic the lawsuit possibly - astatine this meeting.

All candidates who contested successful the 2025 section assemblage elections person been directed to taxable their predetermination expenditure to the SEC earlier January 12. The details are to beryllium filed online by logging successful connected the predetermination expenditure module connected the SEC website www.sec.kerala.gov.in. Election rules necessitate candidates to record their expenditures wrong 30 days of the announcement of the results, SEC said. Failure to bash truthful tin pb to disqualification from contesting the elections oregon continuing arsenic an elected subordinate for a play of 5 years. Submitting misleading accusation oregon expenditure successful excess of the permitted magnitude besides tin pb to disqualification, the Commission said.