Counting for Rajasthan panchayat poll results started, results to be announced today

The counting of votes for Rajasthan zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in six districts has started from today morning at 9 AM.

The final results is likely to announce by late afternoon.

The election results are also being seen as people's mandate towards the handling of COVID-19 pandemic by the state government.

The elections were held in three-phases to elected 200 zila parishad members and 1, 564 panchayat samiti members, 6 zila pramukhs and their deputies, and 78 pradhans, up-pradhans in six districts.

The first phase of the vote was held on august 26, on August 29 the second phase held while the third phase held on September 1.

Of these, one zila parishad member and 26 panchayati samiti members have been elected unopposed. The results of 199 zila parishad and 1,537 panchayati samiti members will be announced today. The counting of votes are being held at the respective district headquarters. According to SEC, in all the three phases, 64.40 per cent voters exercised their franchise. The SEC said only those personnel and officers who have received at least one dose of anti-Covid vaccine have been deployed at the counting centres.

State election commissioner P S Mehra said that adequate security arrangements have been made at polling booths and its surrounding areas for the counting of votes. He said that victory processions, rallies and public meetings by the winning candidates are strictly prohibited.

According to the there is a total of 77, 94,300 voters in these six districts. Of this, 41, 23,030 are male, 36, 71,246 are female and 24 voters of the third gender.

According to reports BJP's Raju Devi wins from Ward 4 of Amer Panchayat Samiti, BJP candidate in Paota Panchayat Samiti Ward 1 wins while Congress' Ranjeet Kumar wins from Ward 1 of Abu Road Panchayat Samiti.

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