Notably, these elections featured a voter turnout of 74% and saw a unique contest in Baramati Taluka, where Ajit Pawar's group secured a significant victory in 29 out of 31 contested Gram Panchayats.
Dakshina Kannada district administration has instructed the officials of city local bodies and gram panchayats to remove all controversial banners displayed in the district with the help of the police.
UP Gram Panchayat Vacancy 2021: The Panchayati raj department in Uttar Pradesh will hire more than 58,000 assistants, data operators ahead of the UP Assembly polls 2022.
Speaking on the 3rd phase of COVID vaccination drive conducted in Goa, Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Sawant on June 22 said that at present 60% of our population has already received their 1st dose.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party have claimed major wins in the elections which were held in four phases last month, amid a surge in coronavirus cases
UP Gram Panchayat Election 2021 Results: Voting for the panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh ended on April 29 with a 75-per cent voter turnout in the fourth and final phase.
The second phase of polling for 2,786 panchayats in Andhra Pradesh ended peacefully with 81.61 per cent voter turnout. The State Election Commission (SEC), in a statement on Saturday, however, did not provide the total number of eligible voters.
The second phase of Panchayat elections in Andhra Pradesh kicked off on Saturday as voting began at 6.30 a.m. in 18 revenue divisions.
The much-touted BharatNet project, aimed at connecting 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats, still lags with as many as 98,569 Panchayats yet to be service ready, Parliament was told on Thursday.
80% gram panchayats have been won by the Maha Vikas Aaghadi, Congress leader and Maharashtra Minister Balasaheb Thorat said.
A mini-general election at the grassroots level was completed without major incidents in 14,234 Gram Panchayats across 34 of Maharashtra's 36 districts (except Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban districts), officials said on Friday.
Elections were announced for a total of 91,339 seats in 5,728 Gram Panchayats of 226 talukas in the state, out of which candidates have been elected unopposed for 8,074 seats. Elections were held for 43,238 seats in the first phase on December 22, while voting took place for 39,378 seats in the second phase on December 27. A total of 2,22,814 candidates were in the fray.
A total of 3,019 panchayats in 117 taluks across Karnataka will go for polling in the first phase of Gram Panchayat elections today. A total of 1.17 lakh candidates are in the fray for 43,238 seats. Voting will be held between 7am to 5pm.
Polling for 14,234 Gram Panchayats will be held on January 15, 2021. Last date of filing of nomination papers is December 23, 2020.
The local body polls in Kerala will be held in three phases from December 8 adhering to strict COIVD-19 protocol, State Election Commissioner V Bhaskaran said here on Friday.
The polling for the first phase of the election of the sarpanch and panch posts in 947 gram panchayats in Rajasthan held on Monday. Over 81 per cent of the 31.95-lakh voters cast their votes in elections.
The polling for the first phase of the election of the sarpanch and panch in 947 gram panchayats in Rajasthan began on Monday morning. Violence erupted last Thursday in Dungarpur district, where candidates of a recruitment exam blocked a highway.
Rajasthan's state election commission has announced the dates for the remaining 3848 gram panchayats elections.
The Karnataka State Election Commission on Thursday announced the postponement of gram panchayat polls citing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ahead of the panchayat elections in Tripura, the ruling BJP has won over 5,500 (83 per cent) of the 6,646 seats unopposed in the three-tier rural body polls, officials said on Friday.
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