{"id":16594,"date":"2026-03-02T15:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=16594"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:18:21","slug":"the-electoral-commission-says-postponed-local-council-elections-to-be-held-on-march-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/the-electoral-commission-says-postponed-local-council-elections-to-be-held-on-march-12-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Electoral Commission Says Postponed Local Council Elections To Be Held On March 12, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Electoral Commission has set Thursday March 12th , 2026 the date on which  Sub County, Town Council, and Municipal Division Local Government Council Elections in electoral areas where polling was not conducted or concluded will be held .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The repeat elections will cover the positions of Chairpersons, Directly Elected Councillors, Women Councillors, and Councillors representing Special Interest Groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"900\" data-attachment-id=\"16596\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/the-electoral-commission-says-postponed-local-council-elections-to-be-held-on-march-12-2026\/hb-tk_0weaetpev-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HB-tK_0WEAETPEV-1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"636,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HB-tK_0WEAETPEV\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HB-tK_0WEAETPEV-1.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HB-tK_0WEAETPEV-1.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HB-tK_0WEAETPEV-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HB-tK_0WEAETPEV-1.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HB-tK_0WEAETPEV-1.jpeg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electoral Commission has set Thursday March 12th , 2026 the date on which Sub County, Town Council, and Municipal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HB-tK_0WEAETPEV.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16384,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/electoral-commission-says-pending-local-governments-elections-will-be-held-on-february-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":16594,"position":0},"title":"Electoral Commission Says  Pending Local Governments Elections Will Be Held On February 4","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that Local Government Council elections in areas where voting was not conducted or concluded during the earlier scheduled polls. will now take place on Februray 4, 2026. 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