Overview

• BJP has announced it will form boards in all 89 block panchayats and elect presidents in all 12 district panchayats, while Congress says 138 of its 198 authorised district panchayat candidates won.
• Independent candidates secured the largest share of Zila Panchayat seats with 145 victories, outpacing both BJP-backed and Congress-backed contenders.
• Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami celebrated the success of young and women representatives—highlighting 21-year-old Sarkot pradhan Priyanka Negi—and urged all winners to focus on Gram Sabha development.
• Congress leaders pointed to high-profile defeats for relatives of senior BJP figures—including kin of state president Mahendra Bhatt and MLA Sarita Arya—to underscore the ruling party’s grassroots setbacks.
• With vote counting complete, presidential elections for Kshetra and District Panchayats are set to be held on party symbols, shaping local governance ahead of the 2027 assembly polls.