Punjab local body polls results today

CHANDIGARH: The votes in the local body polls in Punjab, a precursor to the assembly polls next year, will be counted on Wednesday. The counting of votes for the 2,252 wards of seven municipal corporations (Bathinda, Abohar, Batala, Moga, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and Pathankot) and 109 councils and nagar panchayats will start at 8am and results are expected to start trickling in from most areas by noon.

CHANDIGARH The votes in the local body elections in Punjab, a precursor to the state assembly polls early next year, will be counted on Wednesday.

Counting for the Mohali Municipal Corporation has been deferred to Thursday after the poll panel ordered re-polling in two booths.

The counting of votes for the 2,252 wards of seven municipal corporations of Bathinda, Abohar, Batala, Moga, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and Pathankot and 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats will start at 8am and results are expected to start trickling in from most areas by noon. The State Election Commission (SEC) has finalised all arrangements.

“The commission has ordered the deputy commissioners to depute IAS, PCS or other senior officers as microobservers for vote counting in such wards. These micro-observers will submit their reports through observers,” a SEC spokesperson said. Over 71 per cent voting was recorded in Sunday’s elections to 117 municipal bodies amid stray incidents of skirmishes at some places.

A total of 9,222 candidates were in the fray. The SAD and the BJP fought the elections separately after the former left the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the farm laws passed by the Centre last year. The BJP, which leads the government at the Centre, faced opposition from farmers.

Peaceful re-polling at three council booths in Patiala

Re-polling in three booths of municipal councils of Patran and Samana remained peaceful on Tuesday. Patran’s booth number 11 of ward number 8 recorded 87.7% of voting, while Samana’s booth numbers 22 and 23 recorded 57.7% polling.