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Of the 4236 Gram Panchayats notified nether the archetypal signifier of Telangana Gram Panchayat Elections-2025, 3836 would spell for polls connected December 11, 2025 arsenic 395 Sarpanches were unanimously elected. Nominations oregon valid nominations were not received for 5 Gram Panchayats (GPs).
The fig of unanimously elected GPs nether the archetypal signifier constituted 9.3% of the full 4,236. In the elections held successful 2019, retired of the 12,732 GPs notified for polls 2,134 Sarpanches were unanimously elected, which constituted astir 17% and nominations were not received for 24 Panchayats.
| Phase | Date of election | Number of Sarpanch posts/GPs | Number of Wards |
| First | December 11, 2025 | 4,236 | 37,440 |
| Second | December 14, 2025 | 4,333 | 38,350 |
| Third | December 17, 2025 | 4,159 | 36,452 |
| 12,728 | 1,12,242 |
This year, a full of 12,728 GPs and 1,12,242 Wards were notified for polls. The polls would beryllium held successful 3 phases — December 11, 14 and 17. The database of candidates contesting successful the 2nd signifier would beryllium published connected Saturday (December 6, 2025). And, the past day to person nominations for the 3rd signifier is Friday.
| No. of GPs notified for 1st phase | No. of GPs with nary nominations | No. of Sarpanches unanimously elected | No of GPs going for polls | Total contesting candidates |
| 4,236 | 5 | 395 | 3836 | 13,127 |
The State Election Commission has earlier announced a multi-layered procedure successful an effort to enactment a cheque connected auctioning of the posts, to debar uncontested elections. This progressive forming a monitoring cell, verifying reports oregon complaints connected posts auctioning, taking declarations from withdrawing and the elected candidate. After pursuing the procedure, if the canvass situation is recovered to beryllium vitiated, the District Election Authority (DEA) acrophobic whitethorn urge cancellations of the polls successful the GP oregon Ward concerned. However, it was learnt that nary specified proposal to countermand the polls successful immoderate GP oregon Ward was received nether the archetypal phase.
