Voters turnout remained as high as nearly 75 per cent for more than 1150 village panchayats in Gujarat.
The polling conducted peacefully on Sunday across 33 districts where 22.5 lakh voters were eligible to vote. Ahead of the elections 288 village panchayats were declared ‘Samaras’ through consensus.
Result of the elections will be declared on Tuesday. It is worth mentioning that village Panchayats polls are contested without any party symbols.
Future of more than 22k candidates including 5930 sarparch aspirants was sealed in the EVMs. Interestingly large numbers of women voters were seen using their franchise.