Goa Panchayat Polls: A total of 8,27,099 voters are eligible to cast their votes, including 4,01,725 male voters and 4,25,372 female voters, along with two belonging to the third gender.
The tenure of these Panchayat bodies had ended in March 2020 but elections were delayed due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rajasthan panchayat poll results: The polling was held on August 26, 29 and September 1 to elect a total of 200 members of six zila parishad and 1,564 members of 78 panchayat samiti in the six districts -- Bharatpur, Dausa, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sawai Madhopur and Sirohi.
Bihar Election Commissioner Deepak Prasad on August 24 informed that the Panchayat elections in the state will be held in 11 phases, starting from September 24.
Candidates can file nominations for the post of mukhiya, sarpanch, ward member, panch, panchayat committee member, and district council member from August 25 to August 31, between 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday exhorted party workers not to be "afraid" and work round the clock to win the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections next year.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is on a visit to Lakhimpur Kheri, on Saturday met the woman candidate of the Samajwadi Party who was allegedly molested during the block pramukh elections held recently in Uttar Pradesh.
Ahead 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.
Two recently elected village heads in Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls have died, officials said on Friday.
Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday slammed the UP Govt for conducting panchayat elections amid COVID 19
On Friday, the Supreme Court Friday had sought response from the Uttar Pradesh government and the state election commission (SEC) on a plea seeking direction for observance of COVID-19 protocols in counting of votes on Sunday for recently concluded Panchayat polls there in view of the second wave of COVID-19.
In the first phase of the polls, which was held on April 15, an average polling percentage of 71 was recorded. The 2015 panchayat polls had registered a polling percentage of 72.11, according to the SEC.
The residents of Vantangia villages, for the first time are casting their vote for the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat polls which commenced from April 15. These villages were declared revenue village by CM Yogi Adityanath in 2018. Polling of first phase will take place in 18 districts
BJP MP Kaushal Kishore from Mohanlalganj Kaushal Kishore has appealed to Election Commission to postpone panchayat polls amid rise in COVID-19 cases.
Ahead of panchayat polls, Ghaziabad police busted three illegal arms manufacturing factories on April 13. 47 country-made pistols, live cartridges have been seized from their possession. Police arrested 18 people in connection with the crime. Uttar Pradesh Panchayat polls will start from April 15.
Andhra Pradesh Government on Thursday conducted elections in two villages under Kotia Gram Panchayat in Koraput district of Odisha despite the areas being declared as containment zones as few villagers were reported corona positive.
Pre-Panchayat poll violence has begun in Uttar Pradesh, where the elections are scheduled to be held from April 15.
AAP leaders in the state are optimistic that the party would get a good response from the people.
Polling was underway peacefully for the fourth and final phase of Panchayat elections in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.
In Kurnool district, elections started off on a peaceful note and district collector Veerapandian reiterated that people should exercise their franchise fearlessly.
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