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The polls to the 2nd signifier of Telangana Gram Panchayat Elections-2025 would beryllium held connected Sunday (December 14, 2025). The archetypal signifier polls were held connected Thursday and 3,834 Sarpanches, 27,346 Ward Members and 3,347 Up Sarpanches were elected. While 56,19,430 were registered voters, 45,15,141 exercised their franchise registered 84.28% turnout.
While 4331 Gram Panchayats (GP) were notified nether the 2nd phase, 415 Sarpanches were elected unanimously and nary nominations were received for five. This leads to polls successful 3911 GPs. The voting begins astatine 7 a.m. and concludes astatine 1.00 p.m. The counting would statesman from 2.00 p.m. Results would beryllium retired from the aboriginal evening.
Telangana GP Polls-2025 2nd phase:
Number of Sarpanch posts going for polls: 3,911
Number of Ward Member posts going for polls: 29,917
In the 2nd phase, 57.22 lakh voters (29.26 lakh pistillate and 27.96 lakh male) would determine the destiny of 12,782 candidates contesting for 3,911 Sarpanch posts and 71,071 for 29,917 Ward Member posts.
Nagarkurnool Collector Badavath Santhosh interacting with polling staff | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT
Meanwhile, Telangana State Election Commission has directed the Nalgonda Collector (District Election Authority) to behaviour an iniquity into an contented wherever officers connected predetermination work successful Chinnakaparthi Gram Panchayat successful Chityal mandal ‘were negligent successful harmless retention of predetermination materials’ and instrumentality action.
Telangana GP Polls-2025 2nd signifier voters
Number of voters: 57,22,665
Female voters: 29,26,306
Male voters: 27,96,006
Polling worldly astatine a organisation centre successful Nagarkurnool district | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT
Wanaparthy Collector Adarsh Surabhi connected Friday asked the polling unit to let lone the contesting campaigner oregon the candidate’s cause to the counting centre connected the time of ballot counting and they should not beryllium allowed to instrumentality their phones. Reports of polling should beryllium sent astatine 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The Collectors of assorted districts and General Observers inspected polling worldly organisation centres connected Saturday. Nagarkurnool Collector Badavath Santosh said that enactment would beryllium taken against unit who are absent from polling duties; helium issued directions to nonstop names of the unit — connected unauthorized lack — for suspension. Mahabubnagar Collector Viziendira Boyi organisation centre astatine Zilla Parishad High School successful Koukuntla Mandal to cheque the arrangements for polling material.
