80% turnout in Himachal panchayat polls, Himachal panchayat polls second phase, Himachal panchayat election 2nd phase voting %, 2nd HP panchayat poll %,
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80% turnout in Himachal panchayat polls, Himachal panchayat polls second phase, Himachal panchayat election 2nd phase voting %, 2nd phase HP panchayat poll %
Nearly 75 to 80 per cent polling was reported in the second phase of the panchayat elections in Himachal Pradesh on Friday.
“Voting for the second phase of panchayat polls was held peacefully and as per preliminary reports, 75 to 80 per cent voting had been reported in 732 panchayats,” State Election Commissioner T. G. Negi said.
Barring stray incidents of ballot papers gone missing, the polling was peaceful and no untoward incident was reported from any part of the State.
As many as 743 out of 3,243 panchayats went to polls and the turnout of women was comparatively heavy.Out of these, 22 ballot papers had been traced while seven papers were still missing.
Similarly, 50 blank ballot papers were found missing in Khamadi Panchayat of Nankhari area in Shimla district, the State Election Commissioner said.
The result of this panchayat had been withheld and would be declared after the clearance of these papers, he said. Mr. Negi said that 5,371 polling parties were deployed at the polling stations for first round of poll.
He said that voting for 790 panchayat would be held on January 3 for which 5,796 polling centres had been set up while 554 panchayats would go for poll in third round on January 5 for which 4,712 polling centres had been set up.