37 village panchayat ward members elected unopposed in UT

By Staff
|
Google Oneindia News

Pondicherry, June 22 (UNI) As many as 37 village panchayat ward members were elected unopposed following the withdrawal of nominations for the third phase of civic polls in the Union Territory.

According to an official release here today, five village panchayat presidents and one commune panchayat councillor were also elected unopposed yesterday.

Four commune panchayats in Pondicherry region of the Union Territory would go to the polls in the third and final phase on July one.

Altogether 198 people were contesting for the post of commune panchayat councillors, 177 for village panchayat presidents and 1,243 for village panchayat ward members of Ariyanakuppam, Bahour, Mannadipet and Nettapakkam commune panchayats which would go to the polls in the final phase.

UNI PAB ROY MIR KN2009

For Daily Alerts
Get Instant News Updates
Enable
x
Notification Settings X
Time Settings
Done
Clear Notification X
Do you want to clear all the notifications from your inbox?
Settings X
X