States » NorthPosted at: Oct 30 2026 9:43PM

Jaipur, Oct 30 (UNI) Around 78.77 per cent of the over 10 million voters exercised their franchise on Friday in the second phase of the Panchayat Polls-2026 for electing ward panchs and sarpanches in 3,626 Gram Panchayats under 124 Panchayat Samitis across Rajasthan.
The polling began on a modest note at 0700 am today in 11,799 polling booths covering 22 districts.
The pace of polling improved further as long queues of voters were seen at most of the polling booths.
This resulted in 19.29 per cent turnout of voters by 10:00am, 44.68 per cent by 01:00pm and 61.30 percent by 03:00pm.
Queues of voters were seen until 6 pm at many polling booths.
Those standing in queues at closing time were all taken inside the polling booth premises and allowed to cast their vote.
Today's polling has decided the fate of 21,839 contestants. Forty-five Sarpanches have already been declared elected unopposed.
The Doogero Ka Tala Panchayat Samiti in Barmer district recorded the highest 90.11 per cent polling and the Ahore Panchayat Samiti of Jalore district witnessed 60.94 per cent in a day of high turnout of the electorate for electing "Gaon Ki Sarkar" today.
Barring incidents of poll boycott or minor clashes at some places in Jaipur, Kotputli, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jhunjhunu districts, the polling was smooth and peaceful.
The entire village Pooth-Ka-Bas in Amer tehsil of Jaipur boycotted the voting in protest against "flawed delimitation".
People of a village in Nangal also boycotted the voting in protest against detaching them from Baldevgarh in Alwar district.
In Jodhpur, a group of supporters of a contestant turned violent against the rivals' bids at fake voting in Pal Gaon. They damaged several vehicles. Police used mild force to disperse them.
Meanwhile, reports of group clash and stone throwing were recieved from Bhurasar village of Bajju region in Bikaner district and Bhainsavata village of Singhana region in Jhunjhunu district in the wake of attempts at fake voting.
Minor incidents of similar clashes were also reported from some other places in Kotputli and Behror regions.
Counting of votes was being held after the completion of polling at 06:00pm. The results are likely by late tonight.
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