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Counting of votes for the Civic Body elections successful Punjab commenced astatine 8 a.m. connected Friday (May 29, 2026) amid choky information arrangements, officials said.
Elections to 102 Municipal bodies crossed 8 Municipal Corporations — Mohali, Bathinda, Abohar, Barnala, Kapurthala, Moga, Batala and Pathankot — on with 75 Municipal Councils and 19 Nagar Panchayats were held utilizing ballot papers connected May 26, signaling a turnout of 63.94%.
A full of 7,554 candidates are successful the fray for the section assemblage elections, seen arsenic important for each the large governmental parties successful Punjab – AAP, BJP, Congress and SAD – successful the run-up to adjacent year’s Assembly polls.
Officials said 2 micro observers person been deputed for each counting centre who volition beryllium moving nether the nonstop supervision of the wide perceiver for that district.
Entry into the counting hallway shall beryllium restricted lone to the authorised persons, they said.
Earlier, the absorption parties had accused the AAP authorities of misusing authoritative machinery during the elections. The civic polls are seen arsenic a litmus trial for the ruling party, which is hoping to clasp powerfulness successful the State.
