Polling for third and last round of Panchayat general elections 2014-15 will be held on February 22 in 9921 Gram Panchayats in 137 development blocks of 50 districts. For it, 28,802 polling booths have been set up. Number of voters in this phase is 1,46, 57,000. Polling will be held from 7 am to 3 pm. For third phase, two district Panchayat members, 36 Janpad Panchayat members, 233 sarpanchs and 97,972 panchs have been elected unopposed.
Now, elections will be held on February 22 for 357 seats of district Panchayat member, 2,822 Janpad Panchayat member, 9,380 panch and 41,494 seats of panch. Nominations of two candidates each for district and Janpad Panchayats, 18 sarpanch and 3,264 nominations of panch were rejected during third phase. No nomination was filed for four seats of Janpad Panchayat, 43 sarpanch and 11,039 seats of panch. During third phase, notification was issued for election for 261 district Panchayat members, 2,864 Janpad Panchayat members, 9,674 sarpanchs and 1,53,749 panchs.
Polling for seats of sarpanchs and panchs will be held through ballot papers. The votes will be counted at polling booths soon after end of polling. Results will be declared on February 26. Polling for seats of district and Janpad Panchayat Members will be held through EVMs. Votes will be counted at development block headquarters on February 25 from 7.30 am. Tabulation of votes for all Janpad Panchayats in the State and counting will be held and results declared at development block headquarters on February 27. Tabulation of votes for all district Panchayats in the State and counting will be held and results declared at development block headquarters on February 28.