Chandigarh, Mar 2 (UNI) Haryana State Election Commissioner (SEC), Dhanpat Singh said on Sunday that elections to various Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Municipalities of the state were conducted peacefully.
Counting of votes will start at 8 am on March 12 and results will also be declared on the same day.
The SEC said that extensive arrangements were made by the Commission to conduct the urban local body elections in a peaceful, fair and transparent manner. General, police and expenditure observers were appointed in the electoral process.
Along with this, duty magistrates, supervisors, presiding officers, polling officers were appointed in all the concerned bodies. Adequate police force was deployed for security and additional police force was deployed at sensitive and highly sensitive polling stations. A control room was also set up in the Nirvachan Sadan to monitor the electoral process, he informed.
He further informed that voting was held for the posts of Mayor and Ward Members in Municipal Corporations of Manesar, Gurugram, Faridabad, Hisar, Rohtak, Karnal and Yamunanagar. Along with this, voting was held for the by-election to the post of Mayor in Municipal Corporations of Ambala and Sonipat.
He said voting was also held for the posts of Pradhan (President) and Ward Members in Municipal Councils Ambala Sadar, Pataudi-Jatauli Mandi, Thanesar and Sirsa and for the by-election to the
post of Pradhan (President) in Municipal Council Sohna.
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