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Chandigarh, October 30: More than 70 percent votes were polled on Sunday to elect members of zila paroishads and panchayat samitis in nine districts of Haryana. This number is expected to increase as the data is updated, officials said.
The first phase of panchayat elections were held in 61 blocks of Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar to elect 1,278 panchayat samiti members and 175 zila parishad members.
There were more than 49 lakh registered voters and 6,019 booths were set up. The voting, held from 7 am to 6 pm, remained peaceful throughout, the officials said.
Panchkula recorded 77.8 percent voting while 74.7 percent voted were polled in Yamunanagar, 71.8 percent in Panipat, 71.9 in Nuh, 69.2 in Bhiwani, 66.2 in Jhajjar, 68.8 in Jind, 67.6 in Kaidrathal and 69.5 percent in Mahendrathal.
The first phase of voting to elect sarpanches and panches will be held on November 2.
Haryana State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh earlier said that 133 sarpanches and 17,158 panches were unanimously elected in nine districts ahead of these polls, while 56 candidates were unanimously elected for panchayat samitis.
In the first phase, 34,371 candidates are in the battle for the positions of panches, sarpanches and members, panchayat samitis and zila paroishads. Of them, 19,175 are men and 15,196 women.
In all, there are 6,220 gram panchayats, 143 panchayat samitis and 22 zila parishads.
While the results of the polls for sarpanches and panches will be declared at the end of each phase of voting, those of elections to elect zila parishads and panchayat samiti members will be declared on November 27 after completion of all three phases.
The second phase of voting – on November 9 to elect zila parishad and panchayat samiti members, and on November 12 to elect sarpanches and panches – will cover nine other districts.
The third and final phase of polling in the remaining districts to elect zila parishad and panchayat samiti members will be held on November 22 and elections to elect sarpanches and panches will be held on November 25. (PTI)
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