6474 out of 6623 gram pradhan, 2715 out of 2885 Kshetra Panchayat members and 273 out of 386 District Panchayat Members’ results were declared by the State election commission till Saturday 9 pm. Around 150 Gram Pradhan, 1830 Kshetra Panchyat members and 113 district Panchayat members’ results were to be declared by late night or Sunday, said deputy election commissioner Ajit Singh on Saturday.
At the time of writing this report the results of 6474 Pradhans were declared out of total 6623 positions for which the elections were held, 1,011 positions of Pradhans are already elected unopposed.
The positions of 2715 out of 2,885 member Kshetra Panchayat were declared till late evening while 169 such positions were elected unopposed. The counting process of member District Panchayat is taking more time and results of only 269 out of 386 such positions were declared till the Saturday 9 pm. Three candidates elected unopposed.
In Dehradun where 43 district panchayat member to be elected but till filing the report only 12 members result were declared while in Udhamsinghnagar where 42 district panchayat member to be elected but only two members were declared as winner so far.The counting process for polled vote for three tier Panchayat elections held in 89 blocks belonging of 12 districts of the State began at 8 am on Friday and results are still awaited. Singh said that the counting at all the venues in the state began amid tight security.
The State Election Commission has appointed special observers to keep an eye on the counting process. The SEC has made arrangements of round the clock counting of votes till the declaration of all results and for this the duties of employees assigned the task of counting would change after every 12 hours. The counting process involved mixing of the ballots and making bundles of 50 each. The votes for the position of Member Village Panchayat and Pradhans were counted first.