Haryana: Voting underway for Panchkula Municipal Corporation polls

Panchkula (Haryana): The long-awaited elections of the Municipal Corporation of Panchkula being held on December 27.
For the primary time right here, the voters will ballot to instantly elect their mayoral candidate in Panchkula- in distinction to the sooner process as per which the Mayor’s submit was crammed by one of many already elected councillors.
There are six candidates for the submit of Mayor and a complete of 83 councillor candidates are contesting in 20 wards. Of the entire 1.85 lakh voters, greater than 98,000 are males and about 87,000 are girls.

Haryana: Voting for Panchkula Municipal Corporation election is underway; visuals from Blue Bird High School polling centre in Sector-16. pic.twitter.com/sXocw8Fo7M
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The voting course of began at 8.30 am and go on until 5.30 pm Sunday. The final one hour of the polls has been devoted to the COVID-19 sufferers who will be capable of forged their votes donning PPEs (Personal Protective Equipments).
The counting of votes can be undertaken on December 30, on the finish of which the winner can be introduced, on the identical day. (ANI)