Panchayat Election
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UP Zila Panchayat Polls 2021: Voting on 53 seats begin; counting of votes after 3pm
Elections | Jul 03, 2021, 12:32 PM ISTChairpersons of 22 zila panchayats in 22 districts of the state were declared elected unopposed on Tuesday. Of these, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 21 seats, while the Samajwadi Party grabbed one seat in Etawah.
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Former Samajwadi Party MP Ram Kishan Yadav touches feet of Zila Panchayat members
Politics | Jul 03, 2021, 11:46 AM ISTAhead of UP Panchayat polls a video has gone viral in which Former Samajwadi Party MP Ram Kishan Yadav is seen touching the feet of panchayat members.
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BSP will not contest Zilla Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati
India | Jun 28, 2021, 01:40 PM ISTBahujan Samaj Party will not contest the Zilla panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh this year.
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UP Panchayat Election 2021: Four-phase polling to start on April 15, results on May 2
Elections | Mar 26, 2021, 11:47 AM ISTThe much-awaited panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in four phases on April 15, April 19, April 26 and April 29, the state Election Commission has announced. Counting of votes will be done on May 2.
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Goa Municipal Elections Results: Clean sweep for BJP in five municipalities
Elections | Mar 22, 2021, 05:43 PM ISTGoa municipal election results: Bharatiya Janata Party-backed panel has won 25 of 30 wards in the Corporation of the City of Panaji.
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UP Panchayat Election: Election Commission's proposal to hold polls in May rejected by HC
India | Feb 04, 2021, 04:38 PM ISTAccording to reports, the Election Commission had sought to hold panchayat polls in May, however, the court put aside the idea.
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Arunachal panchayat elections to be held soon on party basis
Elections | Mar 02, 2020, 09:18 PM ISTPanchayat elections in Arunachal Pradesh, which has been pending for a year, will soon be held on party basis, the state Assembly was informed on Monday.
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Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat bypolls postponed after security threat
Elections | Feb 18, 2020, 11:24 PM ISTThe Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission on Tuesday postponed Panchayat by-elections in the Union Territory following a security threat message shared by the administration.
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Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat by-polls: Notification issued for Phase-II voting
Elections | Feb 17, 2020, 10:26 PM ISTChief Electoral Officer, J&K, (Election Authority under J&K Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996) Shailendra Kumar on Monday issued notification for the conduct of phase-II of by-elections for Panchayat Polls-2020 in respect of vacant seats to elect Sarpanches and Panches.
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Rajasthan panchayat election 2020: Women to be encouraged not to wear 'ghoonghat' to cast vote
Elections | Jan 14, 2020, 03:54 PM ISThe idea is a part of an awareness campaign that has been introduced by the Women and Child Development Department after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's call for eradicating the custom of "ghoonghat" or veil.
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Rajasthan panchayat polls: 1st phase on January 17
Elections | Jan 14, 2020, 04:37 PM ISTAs many as 17,242 candidates are in the fray for the posts of sarpanchs and 42,704 for panchs, Secretary of State Election Commission Shyam Singh Rajpurohit said. Ahead of the elections, 36 sarpanchs and 11,035 panchs have been elected unopposed in the state.
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Congress boycott panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir
Politics | Oct 09, 2019, 02:28 PM ISTCongress boycott panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Congress said that the Election Commission should talk to the political parties.
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Polling for first phase of Telangana Panchayat election begins
Elections | Jan 21, 2019, 10:38 AM ISTThe second and third phases of the polls will be held on January 25 and 30.
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Assam Panchayat Election results 2018: BJP takes big lead, Congress second
Elections | Dec 14, 2018, 07:19 AM ISTThe BJP has bagged 481 GPM posts, followed by 294 by the Congress, 115 by AGP, 15 by AIUDF, five by CPI(M), two by CPI and Independents emerged victorious at 175 seats so far.
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West Bengal: TMC, BJP workers clash during panchayat election in Dinajpur
Politics | Aug 28, 2018, 05:59 PM ISTWest Bengal: TMC, BJP workers clash during panchayat election in Dinajpur
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J&K people always preferred ballots over bullets: Mehbooba Mufti
National | Dec 26, 2017, 04:49 PM ISTMahbooba Mufti said that she had met Governor NN Vohra yesterday in Jammu to inform him about the government's decision to hold the panchayat elections in the state from Feb 15 next year.
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Rajasthan panchayat polls: Supreme Court refuses to interfere with schedule
National | Jan 05, 2015, 05:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday declined to interfere with the schedule for panchayat elections in Rajasthan.The schedule is being held under the amended provisions that specify educational qualifications for the gram sarpanch and the
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'Fly' verdict to elect village deputy sarpanch
India | Jul 03, 2014, 03:55 PM ISTPune: A newly elected woman deputy sarpanch owes her position to a housefly which descended and sat on a chit that contained her name among other two contestants in a gram panchayat poll in the