Maharashtra Gram Panchayat Election Results 2022: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed to have emerged on top in the results to 7,135 Gram Panchayats spread across 34 districts of Maharashtra on Tuesday.
Panel of AAP Wins Gram Panchayat Election in Maha Village
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A panel of candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday won the Gram Panchayat election in Dapkyal village in Latur district, probably its maiden foray into Maharashtra hinterland. The counting of votes for over 12,000 Gram Panchayats, which went to polls on Friday, was held on Monday.
Though the village panchayat elections are not fought on party symbols, panels are fielded by political parties or local leaders. In Latur district, polling was held for 383 Gram Panchayats, officials said.
Out of seven candidates, five candidates of the Sampurn Nirmal Pariwartan Aam Aadmi panel, who are workers of the AAP, have won. AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hailed the electoral victory by posting a tweet in Marathi.
UPDATED: January 18, 2021 17:59 IST The polling for the 12,711 gram panchayats spread across 34 districts in Maharashtra took place on January 15. (Representational photo: India Today image)
The counting of votes for the Maharashtra Gram Panchayat election results began on Monday morning at 9 am amid tight security. The polling for the 12,711 gram panchayats spread across 34 districts in Maharashtra took place on Friday.
The polling for the Maharashtra Gram Panchayat polls saw an average 79 per cent voting on Friday, State Election Commissioner UPS Madan said.
The polling was held for 1,25,709 seats, for which nominations had been received from 3,56,221 candidates.
The gram panchayats are considered the third tier of governance. Elections for them are not held on party lines, using party symbols. Candidates are allotted election symbols from a list of free symbols.
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Maharashtra Gram Panchayat Elections Results Live: Counting of votes begins amid tight security
Maharashtra Gram Panchayat Election Results 2021 Updates: No clear winner has emerged so far in the Maharashtra Panchayat Election 2021 with both the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) claiming victory. As votes were being counted till late Monday, Congress leader and minister Balasaheb Thorat claimed 80 percent of the panchayats were won by the MVA alliance partners. Former CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis claimed that the saffron party has emerged as the single largest party.Â
Counting of votes for the Maharashtra Gram Panchayat elections began on Monday morning at amid tight security. There are 27,920 gram panchayats in Maharashtra.