UP panchayat polls: Kin of several political leaders taste defeat in Ballia
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Last Updated: May 03, 2021, 03:03 PM IST
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In a statement on Sunday, the State Election Commission (SEC) said over 1.12 lakh people have emerged victorious for the post of members of village panchayats, 16,510 have won the post of pradhan of village panchayat, while 35,812 candidates have claimed victory on the post of members of kshetra
Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly and senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Govind Chowdhury s son, Ranjit Chowdhury, lost the election for the seat of a district panchayat member here, officials said.
Kin of several other political leaders too tasted defeat in the panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh. Over three lakh candidates were declared elected unopposed by the state poll body, shortly before the counting began on Sunday.