Gazette notification for the first phase will be issued on October 18, with filing of nominations to begin on the same day, he said.
Final date for filing nominations has been scheduled on October 25, after which scrutiny of nominations would be completed by the next day.
Contestants may withdraw their name by October 28, well before the first phase of polling on November 11.
Similarly, the gazette notification for the second phase will be issued on October 25.
