Panchayat 2nd phase polling begins
posted on Jul 27, 2013 9:06AM
The 2nd phase of Panchayat elections begin today as per schedule. Around 1.5 crore voters in 6971 Panchayats in 22 districts are going to elect their Sarpanches and ward members today. Around 20,750 Sarpanches and 1,35000 ward members to be elected in today’s elections. Polling will be conducted till 1pm and counting of votes begin at 2pm. Results will be declared soon after counting.
The state Election Commission has postponed the elections in 60 Panchayats in Adilabad, 2 in Nizamabad and 5 in West Godavari district as they are affected with heavy rain fall. Elections for these 67 Panchayats will be held on July 31st during the 3rd phase of Panchayat elections.