Polling is underway to elect members of district parishads and panchayat samitis in 9 districts of Haryana within the second section of panchayat elections, stated officers.

Also learn: 48 lakh voters from 9 districts to exercise their right to franchise on Wednesday

Elections are being held for 1,244 panchayat samiti members and 158 district parishad members in 57 blocks of Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, and Sonepat.

Polling started at 7am and can proceed until 6pm.

There are 48,67,132 eligible voters within the second section and 5,963 polling stations within the 9 districts.

While 976 stations are delicate, 1,023 are extremely delicate, stated the officers.

Polling for sarpanches and panches will probably be held on November 12.

In the primary section, polling for district parishads and panchayat samitis was held on October 30 and polling for sarpanches and panches on November 2 in Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar.

The third and ultimate section of polling within the remaining districts to elect members of district parishad and panchayat samitis will probably be held on November 22 and that of sarpanches and panches of gram panchayats on November 25.

While the outcomes of the sarpanch and panch polls will probably be declared on the finish of voting in every section, outcomes of district parishads and panchayat samiti members will probably be declared on November 27 in any case three phases are accomplished.