Jaipur Dec 20 PTI Counting of votes for the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections in Baran Kota Ganganagar and Karauli districts of Rajasthan will be held on TuesdayIn view of cold conditions counting at the district headquarters would begin two hours late -- at 11 am instead of 9 am an official saidMost parts of Rajasthan are in the grip of severe cold with the minimum temperature falling below zero at many placesCounting of votes for Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad elections will be held on Tuesday at the respective district headquarters In view of the cold wave and fog counting will begin at 11 am instead of 9 am a State Election Commission spokesperson saidPolling in these four districts was held in three phases with 2251 candidates in the fray Of these 1946 candidates were for Panchayat Samiti Elections and 305 for Zila Parishad electionsThree members have been elected to Zila Parishad and six to Panchayat Samitis unopposed PTI AG NSD

Jaipur Nov 29 PTI The nomination process for the election of zila parishad and panchayat samiti members began on Monday in four districts of Rajasthan where seven candidates filed their nominations on the first dayState Election Commissioner P S Mehra said seven candidates filed their nomination for panchayat samiti members No candidate filed nomination for the zila parishad polls on the first day he saidThe nominations can be filed till December 2Mehra said in Baran Karauli Kota and Ganganagar districts elections would be held for 106 zilla parishad members 568 panchayat samiti members four zila pramukhs and four upzila pramukh and 30 pradhans and 30 uppradhans A total of 4161 polling booths will be set up for smooth voting in 973 gram panchayats of the four districtsPolling will be conducted in three phases on December 12 15 and 18 from 730 am to 530 pm Counting of votes will take place on December 21 at all district headquarters the official saidSimilarly the election to the post of pradhan or pramukh will be held on December 23 and that of up-pradhan or up-pramukh on December 24 A total of 3252 lakh voters would be able to exercise their franchise in all the districts he addedPTI AG SRY

Jaipur Aug 25 PTI Voting for the first phase of elections of zila parishad and panchayat samiti members will be held in six districts of Rajasthan on Thursday officials saidThe polling will take place from 730 am to 530 pm at 3599 polling booths in Bharatpur Dausa Jaipur Jodhpur Sawai Madhopur and Sirohi districtsState election commissioner P S Mehra said all preparations for the elections have been completedHe said adequate number of security personnel have been deployed to ensure free and fair polls and all Covid-related guidelines will be followedIn the first phase 1721 candidates are in the fray and a total of 2655 lakh voters will be able to exercise their franchiseA total of 7794300 voters are registered in the six districts of which 4123 lakh are male and 3671 lakh are femaleThe elections are being held in three phases for a total of 200 zila parishad members and 1564 panchayat samiti membersThe second and third phase of polling will be held on August 29 and September 1 while the counting of votes will take place on September 4 at the district headquartersOne zila parishad member and 26 panchayatsamiti members have already been elected unopposed The election of pramukh and pradhan will be held on September 6 while the election of up-pramukh and up-pradhan will be held on September 7 PTI SDA RHL