Chandigarh: Voting for the Haryana municipal elections began at 8 am on Saturday, with enthusiastic participation reported from polling stations across the state.<\/p>\n
Long queues of voters were seen outside several polling booths since early morning, with youths, women, senior citizens and specially-abled voters turning out in large numbers to cast their votes.<\/p>\n
The administration has put in place elaborate security arrangements to ensure peaceful polling.<\/p>\n
Elections being held for mayoral and ward seats<\/p>\n
Polling is underway for the election of mayors and ward members in the municipal corporations of Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat.<\/p>\n
Voting is also taking place for the Rewari municipal council and municipal committees in Dharuhera, Sampla and Uklana.<\/p>\n
Over 8.71 lakh voters eligible to vote<\/p>\n
According to the State Election Commission, more than 8.71 lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes in these elections, including over 4.21 lakh women voters.<\/p>\n
Additional police deployment has been made at several sensitive polling booths, while CCTV cameras are being used to monitor the voting process.<\/p>\n
Haryana declares paid leave for voters<\/p>\n
The Haryana government has announced paid leave for voters in the concerned areas to encourage maximum participation in the democratic process.<\/p>\n
The counting of votes for the municipal elections will take place on May 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chandigarh: Voting for the Haryana municipal elections began at 8 am on Saturday, with enthusiastic participation reported from polling stations across the state. Long queues of voters were seen outside several polling booths since early morning, with youths, women, senior citizens and specially-abled voters turning out in large numbers to cast their votes. The administration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,19,37,21],"tags":[14746,14745],"class_list":["post-64616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-haryana-news","category-latest","category-national","category-political-news","tag-municipal-elections-amid-tight-security","tag-voting-continues-for-haryana"],"yoast_head":"\n