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Around 72% polling was recorded successful 47 municipal councils and nagar panchayats successful Himachal Pradesh, portion 63.61% of the electorate exercised their franchise successful the 4 municipal corporations connected Sunday (May 17, 2026).
The polling was peaceful passim the State, State Chief Election Commissioner Anil Khachi said.
Polling for 51 municipality section bodies commenced astatine 7 a.m. and concluded astatine 3 p.m. Voting was held simultaneously successful 64 wards successful the 4 municipal corporations of Dharamshala, Solan, Mandi and Palampur, 229 wards successful 25 municipal councils and 156 wards successful 22 nagar panchayats successful a azygous phase, with arsenic galore arsenic 1,147 candidates successful the fray for 449 posts.
Mr. Khachi said 72.42% polling was recorded successful municipal councils and nagar panchayats, and 63. 61% successful municipal corporations. He said that the percent could summation slightly.
A 70-year-old man, Anjan Sharma, died adjacent a polling booth portion helium was connected his mode to formed his ballot successful municipal assembly elections successful Chamba. Preliminary reports suggest that helium suffered a bosom attack.
There was immoderate commotion erstwhile BJP MLA from Una Satpal Singh Satti entered a booth successful Ward Number 6 successful Santagorh successful his constituency.
The voting was 63.72% successful the municipal corporations of Dharamshala and Palampur successful Kangra district, 68.78% successful Mandi and 58.32% successful Solan. Women voters surpassed men successful Kangra and Mandi portion antheral voters exceeded successful Solan territory Municipal Corporation polls.
The highest polling percent successful municipal councils and nagar panchayats was 78.89% successful Hamirpur, followed by 77.36% successful Shimla, 77% successful Una, 76.94% successful Solan, 74.51% successful Kangra, 73.35% successful Mandi, 72.06% successful Bilaspur, 68.22% successful Chamba, 67.80% successful Kullu and 67.24% successful Sirmaur district.
The counting of votes for municipal councils and nagar panchayats has started.
Counting for the 4 municipal corporations, wherever elections are being contested connected enactment lines, volition beryllium held connected May 31 and the physics voting machines person been deposited successful beardown rooms nether choky security, officials said.
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shanta Kumar (92), who formed his ballot successful the Palampur Municipal Corporation election, said helium was blessed to get an accidental to ballot astatine his age.
"India is the largest ideology successful the satellite and elections are the biggest festival, but the radical person not learnt to observe this festival properly,” Mr. Kumar said.
"People accidental leaders are corrupt, but I don't judge it. The time radical commencement electing honorable and hard-working leaders and decision corrupt candidates, corruption would extremity automatically.”
A full of 3,60,859 voters, including 1,80,963 men, 1,79,882 women and 14 others, were eligible to workout their franchise. The electorate besides includes 1,808 first-time voters, comprising 961 men and 847 women.
