Panchkula, April 14 -- The Haryana State Election Commission on Monday announced that elections to municipal corporations (MCs) in Panchkula, Ambala and Sonepat will be held on May 10. Polling will take place for the posts of mayors and councillors. With the announcement, the model code of conduct has come into immediate effect from April 13, and transfers of officials and employees in the concerned areas have been restricted until completion of the election process. State election commissioner Devinder Singh Kalyan announced the poll schedule during a press conference at the commission office in Panchkula. Alongside the MC elections, polls will also be conducted for the posts of president and all ward members of the Rewari municipal council and municipal committees of Sampla, Dharuhera and Uklana. In addition, bypolls will be held for six vacant ward member seats in municipal councils and committees of Tohana, Jhajjar, Rajound, Tarawadi, Kanina and Sadhaura. Under Panchayati Raj institutions, general elections will be conducted in gram panchayats of Mandi Adampur and Jawahar Nagar in Hisar, and Govindpura and Polad in Kaithal. Byelections will also be held for 528 vacant posts, including panch, sarpanch, panchayat samiti and zila parishad members across the state....