Overview
- Voting ran from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., counting began at 2 p.m., and officials described the first phase as peaceful.
- The SEC said 56.19 lakh voters were eligible as 12,960 candidates contested 3,834 sarpanch posts and 65,455 vied for 27,628 ward seats.
- More than 50,000 police were deployed and 3,461 polling stations had live webcasting for real-time oversight.
- Authorities recorded 396 sarpanch and 9,633 ward seats as unanimous, and courts stayed one gram panchayat and 10 ward elections.
- Enforcement teams reported Rs 8.20 crore in seizures and 229 FIRs, while early results showed mixed local gains—including BRS wins in select villages, razor-thin margins and coin‑toss tie‑breakers—with Deccan Chronicle reporting Congress-backed candidates leading in sarpanch posts by night.