The fate of 669 candidates for Zila Parishad and Block Samitis in Jalandhar will be decided on Sunday as 8,30,669 voters will cast their votes. The polling staff was dispatched to the polling booths after being delivered polling kits. The staff moved in buses to the polling booths armed with police security.

Polling will take place in 1,209 polling booths set up for 21 Zila Parishad and 11 Panchayat Samiti zones in the district. The voters will cast their votes using ballot papers from 8 am to 4 pm. Three SPs, 12 DSPs and 15 SHOs will remain on ground to monitor the conduct of elections. In all, 2,500 police personnel will maintain law and order.

The candidates and leaders of all political parties including MLAs and halqa in-charges too have been making all arrangements at their own end.

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