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Bhopal, Dec 4 (PTI) The pending elections for the three-tier Panchayat system in Madhya Pradesh will be held in three phases in January and February next year, the State Election Commission announced on Saturday.
The tenure of these Panchayat bodies had ended in March 2020 but elections were delayed due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Polling for 859 posts of district panchayats across 52 districts, 6,727 posts of 313 Janpad Panchayats, Sarpanch of 22,581 village panchayats and 3,62,754 posts of Panch members will be held in three phases, state election commissioner B P Singh told reporters.
In the first phase, polling for 6,283 village panchayats and 85 Janpad Panchayats across nine districts will be held on January 6, 2022.
The polling for 110 Janpad Panchayats and 8,015 village Panchayats across seven districts will be held in the second phase on January 28.
Elections for 8,397 village panchayats and 118 Janpad panchayats across 36 districts will be held on February 16 in the third phase, Singh said.