Agartala, July 10: Ending all speculations, the State Election Commission on Wednesday announced the Panchayat polls, saying that the polling and counting will take place on Aug 8 and 12 respectively.

Announcing the Panchayat Elections, the State Election Commissioner said, the notification will be issued on Thursday, the last date for submission of nomination is July 18 and scrutiny of the nominations will be held on July 19.
The last date for withdrawal of candidature is July 22. The date before which the process of Election shall be completed is August 17, he said, adding that all necessary arrangements including security measures will be put on place for smooth conduct of the polls.
He said, ballot papers will be used for voting. The ballots will be available in three colors-- White for Gram Panchayats, Pink for Panchayat Samities and and Green for Zilla Parishads. 
He also said 3,517 constituencies with 6,370 seats under 606 Gram Panchayats, 35 Panchayat Samities with 423 constituencies and 423 seats, and 8 Zilla Parishads having 116 constituencies and 116 seats will go to elections.
As per the final electoral rolls, a total of 12,94,153 electors-- 6,58,445 males, 6,35,697 females and 11 others-- are enrolled to exercise their democratic rights in the ensuing polls.
The Panchayat polls will be conducted in 2,650 polling stations.