ELECTION COMMISSION
ODISHA SECRETARIAT SERVICE ASSOCIATION, BHUBANESWAR
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APPEAL TO THE CANDIDATES
1. The voting time will be from 8.30 AM to 4.00 PM on 7th May 2025. Counting votes
and declaration of results will follow. Please remember that the vote cast ends at 4.00
p.m.
2. Candidates are requested to bring all the notices issued by the Commission to the
knowledge of the voters.
3. All Candidates are requested to avoid campaigning / discussion within the voting hall
and prohibited areas marked by the Commission on the day of polling.
4. Pasting of posters relating to the election campaigning must be avoided in Secretariat
premises, on the walls of the voting hall / booth.
5. To maintain harmony & friendly atmosphere among the members, candidates and
voters are requested not to post any discriminatory/defamatory messages in social
media like facebook, whatsapp, sms, twitter etc. relating to religion, caste, community
and sex etc.
6. It is obligatory to extend all possible co-operation to the Election Commission &
volunteers for smooth conduct of the poll.
7. Candidates may nominate and intimate name(s) of their representative for polling and
counting separately in prescribed proforma on 7th May 2025 by 7.30 PM. Only one
representative will be allowed within the booth/counting hall at a time. Copy of
representative’s Identity Card should accompany the form. The representative should
carry the original with him always.
8. All Candidates should remain present in the oath taking ceremony of office bearers of
OSSA, in token of unity of the association.
9. In the poll process, the decision of the Election Commission is final and binding.
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Election Commission
OSSA