Rajasthan panchayat polls: 25 lakh voters to decide fate of 1,680 aspirants | Jaipur News
Out of 1,564 panchayat samiti members, 536 will be elected in the second phase on Sunday. Voters will be able to exercise their franchise at 3,459 polling stations across Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Dausa and Sirohi districts.
State election commissioner P S Mehra informed in the second phase, 25.60 lakh voters — 13.51 lakh male and 12.08 lakh female — will exercise their franchise. Eight voters belong to the third gender. In Jaipur district, in the second phase, elections will be held in eight panchayat samitis including Phagi, Madhorajpura, Kishangarh Renwal, Sambhar Lake, Jobner, Dudu, Maujamabad and Govindgarh.
In the district, the elections will be held for 148 panchayat samiti members and 19 zila parishad members.
“In view of Covid situation in the state, voters should wear masks before leaving their homes. They should sanitise their hands before entering the polling stations and must wait for their turn to vote standing in the marked circles by maintaining proper physical distance,” said Mehra.
Control rooms have been set up at the district and state level to resolve any election-related problems. One can get information related to the election by contacting the control room’s phone number: 0141-2227419, 2227420.
In the first phase of zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in six districts, 62.36 per cent turnout was recorded, as 16.51 lakh voters came out to exercise their franchise, as per the data by the state election commission. In the first phase of elections, nine panchayat samiti members were elected unopposed.
