Preparations were underway to conduct free, fair and peaceful 7th phase of panchayat in 63 blocks spread over 37 districts in the state on November 15.
The state Election Commission (SEC) officials revealed that the process to dispatch EVMs to altogether 12,786 polling booths would start after the Chhath festival. The election results would be announced on November 17.
According to information available from the SEC, 1,05,658 candidates are in the fray for 27,730 posts in this phase. The nomination papers of 694 candidates were cancelled during the scrutiny.
Altogether 99,863 candidates remained in the fray for the posts of ward member, mukhiya, panchayat samiti member, sarpanch, panch and district board member.