Punjab Civic Body Election 2021, Punjab Municipal Election 2021 Voting Live Updates: A total of 9,222 candidates are in the fray for elections to 2,302 wards of the eight municipal corporations of Abohar, Bathinda Batala, Kapurthala, Mohali, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Moga and 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in the state.
Punjab Election 2021
Punjab Municipal Election 2021 Polling Live Updates: Polling for 117 urban local bodies is underway in Punjab. The voting began at 8 am on Sunday and it will continue till 4. A total of 9,222 candidates are in the fray for elections to 2,302 wards of the eight municipal corporations of Abohar, Bathinda Batala, Kapurthala, Mohali, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Moga and 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in the state.
Out of total candidates, 2,832 are contesting as independents, 2,037 are of the Congress while 1,569 are of Shiromani Akali Dal. The BJP has fielded 1,003, AAP 1,606 and BSP 160. The State Election Commission has set up 4,102 polling stations, of which, 1,708 have been declared as sensitive and 861 as hyper sensitive. A voter who enters the polling station before 4 pm will have the right to vote, an SEC spokesperson said.
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Punjab Municipal Election 2021: Around 7,000 Electronic Voting Machines have been deployed for voting. As many as 19,000 police personnel have been deputed to conduct free and fair elections. There are 20,49,777 male, 18,65,354 female and 149 transgender voters, totalling 39,15,280 registered voters in the state for the civic body elections. The counting of votes will take place on February 17.
