Counting Begins For UP Panchayat Polls, Process To Take 2 Days

"Counting is going on peacefully, and final results are likely to come by tomorrow (Monday) afternoon," the State Election Commission said.

Counting of votes began on Sunday for lakhs of panchayat seats in Uttar Pradesh, a process expected to take two days across 829 centres. In a statement issued here on Sunday, the State Election Commission (SEC) said according to information about poll results pouring in from different parts of the state, over 1.12 lakh have emerged victorious for the post of members of village panchayat, 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 panchayats. "Counting is going on peacefully, and final results are likely to come by tomorrow (Monday) afternoon," the SEC said. There were fights involving the supporters of candidates in three districts and social distancing to fight the spread of coronavirus went for a toss at several places, reports said.