Summary
Voting will be held from 7 am to 3 pm. The counting of votes for the first phase of polling will take place on May 17. The elections for other phases will be held on May 19, 24 and 29.
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Expansion
Polling for the first phase of Panchayat elections in Jharkhand has started today. Polling is to be held here in four phases. In the first phase, polling will be held for 1127 panchayats in 72 blocks of 21 districts. An official gave this information. In this, more than 52 lakh voters including 25 lakh women will exercise their franchise. The fate of 30,221 candidates will be decided in the three-tier panchayat elections on Saturday.
Elections to be held for 16,757 posts
In the first phase, elections were to be held for 16,757 posts, which included 14,079 panchayat members, 1,127 mukhiyas, 1,405 panchayat samiti members and 146 zilla parishad members. In the first phase, a total of 6,231 candidates were declared winners unopposed due to reasons including withdrawal and rejection of nomination papers, officials said. Therefore, elections will now be held for 9,819 posts, including 7,303 panchayat members, 1,117 mukhiyas, 1,256 panchayat samiti members and 143 zilla parishad members.
booth capturing attempt
According to reports, an attempt was made to capture the booth set up in Giridih’s primary school, Garhatand amid the polling. However, this could not happen due to the promptness of the police. The police took immediate action and drove everyone away. At the same time, there is news that half a dozen bouncers had also reached a booth. The police drove everyone here too.
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