State Election Commissioner P S Mehra said 1,680 candidates will try their luck in the electoral fray for 28 Panchayat Samitis in this phase. Ten candidates have already been elected unopposed.
The Samajwadi Party has sacked presidents of 11 districts, mostly the ones where the BJP candidate has been elected unopposed.
Ahead of the Man Mandal Parishad (MPTC) and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTC) elections in the state, the Andhra Pradesh Police arrested seven people for allegedly supplying liquor in the state.
The BJP won the post of pramukh in Jhalawar zila parishad in Rajasthan on Friday, taking the party's tally to 13.
The Independents gained 425 seats, the Bahujan Samaj Party got 3 seats while CPI-M captured 16 seats in the elections while RLP got 57 seats, according to the state election commission website.
BJP president JP Nadda on Wednesday said that his party's victory in the panchayat, zila parishad polls in Rajasthan symbolises the trust the poor, farmers and labourers have in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. Taking to his twitter handle, Nadda expressed his thanks to women, farmers and other rural voters in the Congress-ruled state for putting "faith" in the BJP.
A voter turnout of over 63 per cent was recorded in the fourth and last phase of the election for zila parishad and panchayat samiti members in Rajasthan on Saturday, officials said.
The BJP Monday took control of the South Dinajpur Zilla Parishad in West Bengal from the TMC, its first in the state, after a majority of its members, besides an MLA, switched sides.
In Mansa district, the highest polling of 71.66 per cent was observed. The lowest polling was in Tarn Taran at 43.77 per cent.
Jaipur: The first phase of Panchayat polls will be held tomorrow in 412 Zila Parishad wards and 2305 Panchayat Samitis in Rajasthan, an official spokesman of the State Election Commission (RSEC) said today. Polling will
Chandigarh, May 19: Amid sporadic violence, nearly 70 per cent of 1.1 crore rural voters today exercised their franchise for Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad elections in Punjab.An estimated 70 per cent polling was reported
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