Over 74 per cent turnout recorded during the first phase of Panchayat general elections 2014-15 being held on Tuesday which saw 74.2 per cent males, 73.3 females and 2 per cent others turned up to cast their votes. Meanwhile, State Election Commissioner R Parasuram announced re-polling in 73 polling booths due to various technical errors and others. The re-polling will be held on January 15 from 7 am to 3 pm.
The first phase polling was held at 18,172 polling booths in 39 districts, 82 development block and 6,100 Gram panchayats. Voting was held for 223 seats of Zila Panchayat members, 1767 Janpad Panchayat members, 5652 sarpanchs and 25,404 panchs. Elections in Kota Gram Panchayat of Gandhwani development block in Dhar district and sarpanch of Padra Gram Panchayat in Sidhi development block have been cancelled.
Repolling will be held at 2 polling booths in Dhar district, 7 Rewa district, 15 Raisen district, 26 Jabalpur district, 9 Ujjain district, one each in Sheopur, Balaghat, Morena, Bhind districts, 6 Tikamgarh district and 4 polling booths in Vidisha district. Shri Janardan Prasad Mishra, the presiding officer of polling booth number 220 in Sohawal development block in Satna district died due to heath attack. Next of his kin will be given Rs. 5 lakh.
EVMs were changed during polling due to technical error in 128 polling booths. Counting of votes for district and Janpad Panchayats will be held at development block headquarters on January 16. Results of elections for panchs and sarpanchs will be declared on January 17 at development block headquarters. Tabulation and declaration of results of Janpad Panchayat members will be made on February 24 and district Panchayat members on February 25.