Panchayat elections begin
posted on Jul 23, 2013 7:35AM
The first phase elections for 5803 Panchayats begin at 7am today. Polling will continue till 1pm. Counting of votes will begin at 2pm and results will be declared soon after the counting. First the results of ward members will be announced and then the Sarpanches. However, based upon the Collector’s reports the state Election Commission rescheduled the elections in the flood affected areas of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Kareem Nagar, Warangal, Kammam and East Godavari districts. Elections in these districts will be held on July 31st.
The 2nd and 3rd phase of elections will be held on 27th and 30th simultaneously. Though, the political parties are not supposed to participate in these elections, all the political parties have joined the fray represented by their followers. Hence, all the political parties have indulged in all sorts of irregular practices in luring the voters.