Gram Panchayat Elections |81 per cent of the voters turnout in the 2nd phase

Karnataka : In the second phase of Sunday’s polls for state gram panchayats, Covid-19 was nearly 80.71 per cent of the votes, with a peaceful turnout, excluding voter boycotts, minor clashes and confusion.

Voters have written a list of 1,05,431 candidates who contested for 39,378 seats in 2,709 Grama Panchayats of the state’s 109 taluks.

Including both, the polling will be held on December 30 for 82,616 seats in 5,728 village panchayats of 226 taluks.

A total of 2,22814 candidates are entrenched in the ballot box. Ballot boxes are placed in the counting center set up in the respective taluks. Places on the ballot have tight police security. The two-count voting will be held on December 30 at 8 am at the respective taluk.