Raipur: Voting is going on for the first phase in the three-tier panchayat elections in Chhattisgarh. Voting in the panchayat elections is being done through ballot paper. The counting of votes will take place one hour after the voting is over. Voting will be held from 6.45 am to 2 pm in Naxal-affected areas and from 7 am to 3 pm in other areas. For this, more than 12 thousand booths have been built.
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In the first phase, 61 lakh 74 thousand 224 voters of 4,847-gram panchayats of 57 development blocks of the state will exercise their franchise. This includes 30 lakh 85 thousand 320 male voters, 30 lakh 88 thousand 835 female voters and 69 voters of transgender category. Panchayat elections in Chhattisgarh have been conducted in three phases. Voting for this will be held on January 28, January 31 and February 3.
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12,572 polling stations have been set up for voting. For this 80 thousand polling personnel and 976 sector officers have been engaged. In the first phase, voting is being done for 42 thousand 404 posts. These include 36 thousand 473 posts for Panch, 4 thousand 620 posts of Sarpanch, 1 thousand 144 posts of Janpad Panchayat members and 167 posts of Zilla Panchayat members. The fate of 1,16,776 candidates will be decided in the upcoming election.