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REPORT ON ELECTION TO BASIC DEMOCRACIES
Election to the Union Councils, Committees Town Committees, the base of the 4- tier basic democracies commenced under Chapter IV of the Basic Democracies Order, 1959 as pledged by the President and the Government on December 26, 1959. While the elections finished earlier in most wards the notification of completion of the first general election was issued on February 1.
Election Rules:
Rules were framed by the Provincial Government for conducting and clection in which unprecedented keenness and expectation from the public was anticipated The administration provided through these rules for delimitation of constituencies at the rate of one elected member per 1,050 persons so that the size and the nature of Union Councils and Union and Town Committees remain suitable for efficient administration.
Following were the principal features of the election procedures as shaped by these rules:
(1) electoral rolls prepared under the Election Rolls Act, 1957 was the authorized voters list.
(2) secrecy of ballot was ensured,
(3) single-member wards were constituted wherever administratively possible.
(4) men and women were to cast votes separately,
(5) ballot box were supplied by candidates.
(6) votes were counted daily immediately at the end of the poll and result announced them and there,
(7) Election Rules also provided for Rules for election of chairman within 30 days of the notification of names of elected and appointed members.
(8) Commissioners and Collectors were invested with powers to dispose of election petitions. This was in consonance with past practice under the Bengal Village Self- Government Act, 1919.
Declaration of Unions and Towns:
The rural areas of the province were divided into 4,056 Unions. 28 of the 56 Municipalities were declared as Towns and remaining 28 Municipalities were divided
