719 sarpanches elected unopposed in Gurdaspur dist

561 sarpanches, 7,013 panches to be elected on Dec 30

GURDASPUR : As many as 719 of 1,280 sarpanches and 451 of 7,464 panches have been elected unopposed in Gurdaspur district.

Giving the block-wise detail, Gurdaspur additional deputy commissioner (development) Ranbir Singh Mudhal said that 128 sarpanches of 146 sarpanches have been elected unopposed in Dera Baba Nanak.

In Fatehgarh Churian, 59 of 101 sarpanches were elected unopposed while in Batala 74 of 152 sarpanches were elected unopposed.in Dinanagar, 44 of 118 sarpanches elected unopposed, in Kahnuwan 49 of 136 sarpanches elected unopposed. In Dhariwal, 60 of 105 sarpanches elected unopposed while in Kalanaur, 79 of 89 sarpanches elected unopposed. In Qadian, 31 of 83 sarpanches were elected unopposed. In Dorangla 37 of 67 elected unopposed, in Gurdaspur 124 of 179 sarpanches elected unopposed. In Sri Hargobindpur, 34 of 104 sarpanches elected

128 out of 146 sarpanches were elected unopposed in Dera Baba Nanak, 59 of 101 in Fatehgarh Churian, 74 of 152 in Batala and 31 of 83 in Qadian.

RANBIR SINGH MUDHAL , additional deputy commissioner

unopposed.

In Dera Baba Nanak, 714 of 814 panches elected unopposed.in Fatehgarh Churian, 272 of 599; in Batala 559 of 918; in Dinanagar 408 of 672; in Kahnuwan 246 of 780; in Dhariwal 373 of 649; in Kalanaur 425 of 489; in Qadian 278 of 507; in Dorangla 257 of 357; in Gurdaspur 723 of 1,045; and in Sri Hargobindpur 286 of 634 panches were elected unopposed, Mudhal said.

The election to the remaining posts of sarpanches and panches will take place on December 30.