Gujarat: 74 pc voter turnout in gram panchayat polls

As per a provisional voting determine, the elections witnessed a mean voter turnout of 74 per cent; the numbers could go up by just a few per cent when the Fee points closing voting figures.

A senior official of the SEC mentioned that total voting has remained peaceable barring just a few scattered incidents.

Following technical causes or error in allocation of symbols of candidates, the SEC has ordered re-polling in 5 gram panchayats of Panchamals, Amreli and Porbandar districts.The 5 gram panchayats embrace Viraniya and Deloch of Panchamahals, Hadala and Sarambhada of Amreli and Rinavada of Porbandar. Re-polling will probably be held Monday.

Round 1.82 crore voters had been anticipated to solid their votes within the elections for 8,513 Sarpanch and over 48,500 ward members from 8,690 villages.

In all, 27,200 candidates had been within the fray for the publish of Sarpanch and round 1.20 lakh candidates for wards. Out of the full round 23,112 voting cubicles for the elections, round 6,700 cubicles had been declared delicate and over 3,000 as very delicate.

The elections of round 10,800 gram panchayats – 10,221 Sarpanch and 89,049 wards – had been introduced by Gujarat State Election Fee in November.

Of those practically 1,165 gram panchayats – with equal variety of Sarpanchs and 9,613 wards – have been declared Samras Gram Panchayats, the place the village chief and whole physique is co-opted.

As per the SEC, other than 1,165 Samras gram panchayats, there have been round 6,476 gram panchayats the place both the Sarpanch or any of the wards had been elected uncontested.

In these 6,476 gram panchayats, candidates for 473 posts of Sarpanch and round 27,400 ward members has been elected uncontested. On the similar time, in round 2,650 gram panchayats, the seats of round 65 Sarpanch and round 3,300 wards remained vacant with none nomination for varied causes.

Counting of votes has been scheduled for December 21.