Over 56 lakh voters will participate across 4,236 panchayats, where more than 80,000 candidates are contesting. Counting begins at 2 pm the same day

Hyderabad: With campaigning concluding on Tuesday, the stage is set for the first phase of gram panchayat elections to be held on Thursday. Polling will take place in 4,236 gram panchayats, with voters casting ballots at 37,562 polling stations.

Close relatives, including siblings from different families, are also contesting in several places for the posts of Sarpanch and ward member.

A total of 56,19,430 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise, including 27,41,070 male and 28,78,159 female voters. Following scrutiny and withdrawals, 8,095 nominations for sarpanch posts and 9,626 nominations for ward member posts were withdrawn fo

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