The village panchyat elections 1,998 seats of village prdhan in 31 development blocks of 8 districts on Thursday passed off peacefully. The elections in the 8 districts were to be held in the fourth phase of elections on December 9.
The polling was deferred for Thursday for administrative reasons. With the elections in 8 districts on Thursday the total voter’s turnout for the fourth phase was 71.24 percent. For the 1,998 seats of village prdhan as many as 14,257 candidates were in the fray.
According to the State Election commission the overall turnout of voters for the village panchyats in all four phases was 72.06 percent. In eight districts where elections were held on Thursday highest voter’s turnout was recorded in Sitapur with 80 percent turnout of the voters followed by lucknow with 77.65 percent and Unnao 76.47 percent.
The State Election Commission ordered repoll only for one polling booth in Gonda district in Belsar block as the two ballot boxes were thrown into well by the villagers. According to the data about the profile of the candidates for the all 4 phases of the village panchyat elections 55.22 percent of the candidates were male and 44.78 females.
About the literacy standards of the candidates of the total candidates 41.34 were primary pass, 11 percent matriculate, 9.28 percent intermediate, 7.95 percent were graduates, 2.56 percent post graduates and 0.02 percent were PhD
The data about the age profile reveals that little over 37 percent of the candidates were from 21-35 year age group, 56 percent from 36-60 year age group and only 5.91 percent were above 60 years.
