LUDHIANA: District administration on Tuesday late evening said the voting exercise for the gram panchayat elections in 784 villages of Ludhiana concluded peacefully.
As per an official statement, At 4 pm, the Ludhiana has recorded 58.9 percent voting in these elections.
District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal inspected the polling exercise at various booths.
The official statement said that there are 941 village panchayats in Ludhiana, out of which 157 panchayats were elected unanimously and voting held in the remaining 784 villages. 1408 booths were set up for the voting.
Excluding 157 unopposed elected panchayats, there were around 10,77,485 voters including 5,73,555 male, 5,03,911 female and 19 third genders in the district. "At 4 pm, around 6,34,638 voters had exercised their right to vote and around 35,283 voters were in queue at that time" said the statement. "The voting began at 8 am as a large number of people voted to strengthen the grass root democracy".
Lauding the role played by people across the district for "smooth and peaceful" conduct of polls, the Deputy Commissioner stated that the district has not witnessed any untoward incident during the polling and also thanked the poll duty staff, security personnel for their dedication to perform duty to ensure peaceful conduct of panchayat polls.
As per an official statement, At 4 pm, the Ludhiana has recorded 58.9 percent voting in these elections.
District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal inspected the polling exercise at various booths.
The official statement said that there are 941 village panchayats in Ludhiana, out of which 157 panchayats were elected unanimously and voting held in the remaining 784 villages. 1408 booths were set up for the voting.
Excluding 157 unopposed elected panchayats, there were around 10,77,485 voters including 5,73,555 male, 5,03,911 female and 19 third genders in the district. "At 4 pm, around 6,34,638 voters had exercised their right to vote and around 35,283 voters were in queue at that time" said the statement. "The voting began at 8 am as a large number of people voted to strengthen the grass root democracy".
Lauding the role played by people across the district for "smooth and peaceful" conduct of polls, the Deputy Commissioner stated that the district has not witnessed any untoward incident during the polling and also thanked the poll duty staff, security personnel for their dedication to perform duty to ensure peaceful conduct of panchayat polls.
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