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First Phase of Telangana Gram Panchayat Elections Underway With Counting From 2 p.m.

Election officials are using webcasting at 3,461 polling stations to monitor voting across rural Telangana.

Overview

  • Polling in the opening phase runs from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with vote counting scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. today.
  • A total electorate of 5,619,430 is on the rolls for this phase, comprising 2,741,070 men and 2,878,159 women.
  • Contests are being held in 3,836 Gram Panchayats and 27,960 wards after 395 Sarpanch and 9,331 Ward Member seats were filled unopposed.
  • There are 12,960 candidates for 3,834 Sarpanch posts and 65,455 candidates for 27,628 Ward Member posts in this phase.
  • District Collectors and General Observers are overseeing the process through live feeds as part of the second ordinary Gram Panchayat election cycle.