On Monday, the Haryana State Election Commission released a notification regarding the allocation of election symbols for the upcoming municipal elections in the state.
This revised list includes symbols to be allotted to candidates from national and state-level parties running in the mayoral election or as members of the Municipal Corporation. Furthermore, a list of free symbols has been issued to candidates from registered, unrecognised political parties for general and by-elections to municipalities in the state. National and some state-level fixtures such as AAP, BSP, BJP, CPI(M), Congress, INLD, and the JJP, retain their regular party symbols. Meanwhile, a comprehensive list of 51 free symbols has been issued for mayoral and corporator candidates. Further, the commission has outlined guidelines for unrecognised political parties registered with the Election Commission of India. Such parties can apply to contest general or by-elections of the Municipal Corporation using any of the free symbols offered by the Election Commission.