Panchayat polls' 3rd phase today in 27 districts
Jaipur, Nov. 3 -- Voting will be held on Tuesday in 27 districts in the third phase of Rajasthan's panchayat elections.
Polling will take place from 7 am to 6 pm for 377 Zila Parishad wards and 2,119 Panchayat Samiti wards across 116 panchayat samitis.
A total of 9,094 candidates are in the fray: 1,305 for the Zila Parishad wards and 7,789 for the Panchayat Samiti wards. The State Election Commission has set up 11,869 polling stations for the 1,06,81,567 eligible voters-55,48,472 men, 51,33,051 women and 44 transgender voters. Polling parties began leaving for their assigned centres on Monday after completing preparations. The election covers 2,496 wards in all.
Voting for panch and sarpanch posts in the phase is scheduled for November 5, with nominations on November 4.
Bharatpur, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma's home district, has the largest number of candidates in the phase. htc...
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