Chandigarh, December 24: Around 500 panchayats of three districts of Doaba region have been elected unanimously without polls out of total 1904 panchayats in these three districts. The elections for panchayats are scheduled to take place on December 30.
According to the details from Jalandhar, Nawanshar and Kapurthala districts of Doaba region, which otherwise has four districts with Hoshiarpur being the fourth, there are total 1894 panchayats, including 882 in Jalandhar, 466 and 546 panchayats in Nawanshahr and Kapurthala districts, respectively. There are over 2000 villages in these three districts.
Varinder Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, who is also District Electoral Officer, Jalandhar, said that around one-fourth of Jalandhar’s panchayats have been elected unanimously. He said that 203 panchayats out of total 882 panchayats have been elected without polls in Jalandhar. The unanimously elected panchayats included nine from Jalandhar East Block, 14 from Adampur, 17 from Jalandhar West, 16 from Bhoghpur, 23 from Nakodar, 17 from Mehatpur, with some others being from Shahkot (35), Lohian (34), Phillaur (16).
In Kapurthala, ADC (Development) cum Additional District Electoral Officer, Avtar Singh Bhullar, said that 184 panchayats have been elected unanimously out of total 546 panchayats of the district.
