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Counting of votes for the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections successful Punjab began connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) amid choky information arrangements, said officials.
Polls were held to elite members of 347 zones of 22 zila parishads and 2,838 zones of 153 panchayat samitis connected December 14.
A elector turnout of 48% was recorded successful the daylong polling, with implicit 9,000 candidates successful the fray.
Counting of ballot papers started astatine 8 a.m. astatine centres acceptable up crossed the State.
Candidates of each large governmental parties — the Aam Aadmi Party, Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal, and the BJP — contested the zila parishad and panchayat samiti polls connected enactment symbols.
On December 14, absorption parties Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal had accused the ruling AAP of indulging successful "blatant electoral malpractices" during the polling.
Earlier, they had besides targeted the Bhagwant Mann government, accusing it of utilizing the authorities machinery to forestall their candidates from filing information papers and getting those rejected.
