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Polling for the 3rd and last signifier of panchayat elections successful Himachal Pradesh began astatine 7 a.m. connected Saturday (May 30, 2026) amid rainfall and stormy upwind successful respective parts of the state. More than 15 lakh voters are eligible to workout their franchise crossed 1,189 gram panchayats.
The elections are being held done ballot papers and not connected enactment symbols. Voting volition proceed till 3 p.m.
In the archetypal phase, held connected May 26, a elector turnout of 78.90% was recorded crossed 1,293 panchayats, portion 79.88% of voters formed their ballots successful 1,276 panchayats during the 2nd signifier connected May 28.
A full of 10,854 office-bearers person already been elected unopposed.
According to officials of the State Election Department, results for gram panchayats, pradhans and up-pradhans volition beryllium declared connected Saturday (May 30, 2026), portion those for panchayat samiti and zila parishad members volition beryllium announced connected May 31.
The ballot papers are colour-coded: achromatic for ward members, yellowish for up-pradhans, greenish for pradhans, pinkish for panchayat samiti members and bluish for zila parishad members.
Overall, astir 50.89 lakh voters volition elite 31,182 representatives successful the three-phase elections, including 3,754 pradhans, 3,754 up-pradhans, 21,654 ward members, 1,769 panchayat samiti members and 251 zila parishad members.
