Panchayat Elections 2024- Voting exercise completes peacefully in 784 villages of Ludhiana

• Nearly 58.9 % voting in 1408 polling booths till 4 pm
• Out of total 941 villages, 157 panchayats elected unopposed 

Ludhiana, October 15, 2024: The voting exercise for the gram panchayat elections in 784 villages of Ludhiana concluded peacefully on Tuesday. At 4 pm, the Ludhiana has recorded 58.9 percent voting in these elections. 

District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal inspected the polling exercise at various booths. There are 941 village panchayats in Ludhiana, out of which 157 panchayats were elected unanimously and voting held in the remaining 784 villages. 1408 booths were set up for the voting.  Excluding 157 unopposed elected panchayats, there were around 1077485 voters including 573555 male, 503911 female and 19 third genders in the district. At 4 pm, around 634638 voters had exercised their right to vote and around 35283 voters were in queue at that time.     

The voting began at 8 am as a large number of people voted to strengthen the grass root democracy. 

Lauding the role played by people across the district for smooth and peaceful conduct of polls, the Deputy Commissioner stated that the district has not witnessed any untoward incident during the polling and also thanked the poll duty staff, security personnel for their dedication to perform duty to ensure peaceful conduct of panchayat polls.     

Block    Voting Percentage  (Till 4 pm)
Dehlon    65.90 
Doraha     66.01 
Jagraon     58.60 
Khanna    68.04
Ludhiana-1    55.01
Ludhiana-2    55.76
Machhiwara    65.38
Malaud    65.85
Pakhowal    46.86
Raikot    47.21
Samrala    66.67
Sidhwan Bet    53.69
Sudhar    62.09
Total    58.90