Stage set for Gram Panchayat polls in Punjab tomorrow

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Jul 02 2013 | 7:55 PM IST
Polling for over 13,000 Gram Panchayats across Punjab will be held tomorrow amid beefed up security.
All arrangements are in place for tomorrow's polls which are not contested by candidates on party symbols, the State Election Commission said.
As many as 27,759 candidates are in fray for 13,080 sarpanch seats and over one lakh for 81,412 panch seats, it said.
Around 1900 sarpanches and 21,251 panches had already been declared elected unopposed.
As many as 214 sarpanches were declared elected from Gurdaspur, 198 from Patiala and 177 from Jalandhar.
Similary, 2404 panches were elected uncontested from Hoshiarpur, 2283 from Jalandhar and 2067 from Ludhiana, the state Election Commission said.
Over 50,000 police personnel will be deployed to ensure free, fair and peaceful polling.
The counting of votes will take place immediately after the polling is over.
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First Published: Jul 02 2013 | 7:55 PM IST

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