Mangalore, May 15: A C Renukaprasad, election officer for the DKMUL (Dakshina Kannada Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd ) elections-2014, speaking at a press conference here on Wednesday May14, said that the presidents of 639 cooperative societies of milk producers in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, would elect 16 directors including two women directors.
Renukaprasad informed that, “Presidents of all 154 cooperative societies in Mangalore division will have four votes each, plus one for a post reserved for women. Similarly, presidents of all 189 cooperative societies in Puttur division will have five votes each, plus one for a post reserved for women. Likewise, the presidents of 296 societies in Kundapur division will have eight votes each, including one for a post reserved for women. The term for the officials will be 5 years.”
The process of submitting nominations by prospective candidates for the posts of board members has already begun and the last date to submit nominations is May 18. The nomination papers of the candidates will be reviewed on May 19, following which the eligible candidates will be allotted symbols for the elections. The voting process of cooperative societies will be simultaneous on May 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the results will be announced on the same day.
Assistant registrar of cooperative societies Paramesh Chandra Jain was present for the meet.
