Information regarding Election of Zilla Parishad/ Panchayat samittee/Grampanchayat Panchayat Election

1) Zilla Parishad Election :-

1) Name of the District	Akola
2) Population of Akola District (Rural)	Total Popuation :- 1031050
3) Name of Zilla Parishad	Zilla Parishad Akola
4) Constitution of Zilla Parishad	Zilla Parishad Akola is divided in to 52 Electoral Division
5) Election	General elections of Zilla Parishad are conducted under Maharashtra Zilla Parishad Act 1961 under the control of Maharashtra State Election Commission.
6)Voter list	Voter list for General elections to Zilla Parishad is prepared from existing voter list of L.A.C. on a qualifying date fixed by State Election Commission.
7) Division of Wards of Zilla Parishad	The Electoral Divisions are divided on the basis of Census 2001.Average population of each Electoral Division is 16501.
8) Reservation of Z.P. Electoral Divisions	52 Electoral Divisions are reserved as under 1. Schedule Caste :- 6 2. Schedule Tribe :- 5 3. O.B.C. :- 14 4 Open :- 27 Total 52 Out of these 52 Electoral Division 1/3 rd Electoral Division are reserved for women. No of wards reserved for women are as under. 1. Schedule Caste :- 2 2. Schedule Tribe :- 2 3. O.B.C. :- 5 4 Open :- 9 Total 18

9) Panchayat Samittee wise Distribution of Z.P. Electoral Division in Akola District .	Panchayat samittee	No of Electoral Division
	1) Akola	13
	2) Barshitakli	7
	3) Akot	8
	4) Telhara	7
	5) Balapur	6
	6) Patur	5
	7) Murtizapur	6
	Total	52

2) Panchayat Samittee Election :-

1) Name of the District	Akola
2) Population of Akola District (Rural)	Total Popuation :- 1031050
3) Name of Zilla Parishad	Zilla Parishad Akola
4) No of Panchayat Samittee member	104
5) Election	General elections of Zilla Parishad are conducted under Maharashtra Zilla Parishad Act 1961 under the control of Maharashtra State Election Commission.
6)Voter list	Voter list for General elections to Zilla Parishad is prepared from existing voter list of L.A.C. on a qualifying date fixed by State Election Commission.
7) Division of Electoral College for Panchayat Samittee	The Panchayat Samittee Electoral College are divided on the basis of Census 2001.Average population of each Electoral College is 8251.

8) Reservation of Panchayat Samittee Electoral College	104 Electoral Colleges are reserved as under 1. Schedule Caste :- 12 2. Schedule Tribe :- 8 3. O.B.C. :- 28 4 Open :- 56 Total 104 Out of these 104 Electoral Colleges 1/3 rd Electoral Colleges are reserved for women. No of Electoral Colleges reserved for women are as under. 1. Schedule Caste :- 8 2. Schedule Tribe :- 6 3. O.B.C. :- 8 4 Open :- 15 Total :- 37
9) Panchayat Samittee wise Distribution of Panchayat samittee Electoral College in Akola District .	Panchayat samittee	No of Electoral College
	1) Akola	26
	2) Barshitakli	14
	3) Akot	16
	4) Telhara	14
	5) Balapur	12
	6) Patur	10
	7) Murtizapur	12
	Total	104

Grampanchayat Election :-

1) Name of the District	Akola
2) Number of Grampanchayat	541
3) Talukawise distribution of Grampanchayat	Taluka	No of Grampanchayat
	1) Akola	110
	2) Barshitakli	81
	3) Akot	78
	4) Telhara	61
	5) Balapur	66
	6) Patur	57
	7) Murtizapur	86
	Total	541
4) Constitution of Grampanchayat	Each Grampanchayat consists minimum 3 wards and maximum 6 wards on the basis of census population
5) No. of Member of Grampanchayat	Each Grampanchayat consists of minimum 7 members and maximum 17 members on the basis of census population
5) Election	General elections of Grampanchayat are conducted under Bombay Village Panchayat act 1958 and rules 1959 under the control of Maharashtra State Election Commission.
6)Voter list	Voter list for General elections to Grampanchayat is prepared from existing voter list of L.A.C. on a qualifying date fixed by State Election Commission.
8) Reservation of Seats of Grampanchayat	Seats of Grampanchayt members are reserved as under:- 1) for S.C. S.C. Population x Total No of members Total population of Grampanchayat 2) for S.T. S.T. Population x Total No of members Total population of Grampanchayat 3) for O.B.C Total No of members x 27 100 Out of these seats 1/3^rd seats are kept reserve for women.
Reservation of wards	A public draw is drawn for reservation of Grampanchayat in supervision of Tahsildar
Reservation of Sarpanch	A draw regarding reservation for the post of sarpanch of a grampanchayat is drawn by the state Government and these reserved seats for sarpanch are distributed by the Collector office.