Archive · 2 Dec 2025
Gram Panchayat Elections: Nominations and Arrangements
The State Election Commissioner, Rani Kumudini, had a video meeting with officials to talk about the upcoming Gram Panchayat elections.
They discussed how to handle the nomination process carefully.
In the first phase, there were many nominations for Sarpanch and ward officer posts, but five Gram Panchayats had no nominations.
The second phase has started, and many nominations have been filed already.
The officials are making sure everything is fair and transparent, with web-casting at polling stations.
They are also focusing on security and other important arrangements.
State Election Commissioner Rani Kumudini reviewed arrangements for the second phase of Gram Panchayat elections via video conference.
Key focus areas included nomination process, election staff deployment, postal ballots, ballot boxes, and security arrangements.
In the first phase, 22,330 valid nominations were received for 4,236 Sarpanch posts and 85,428 for 37,440 ward offices.
No nominations were received in five Gram Panchayats located in Mancherial, Nirmal, and Komuram Bheem Asifabad districts.
The second phase has begun with over 2,900 nominations for 4,332 Sarpanch posts and 3,608 for 38,343 ward officer posts on the first day.
- Who
- State Election Commissioner Rani Kumudini, District Collectors, Election Observers, Police Officials
- What
- Review of arrangements for the second phase of Gram Panchayat elections and nomination process
- When
- Monday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Hyderabad, erstwhile Mahabubnagar and Ranga Reddy districts, Mancherial, Nirmal, Komuram Bheem Asifabad
- Why
- To ensure systematic and error-free conduct of elections
- Event
- Review of second phase Gram Panchayat elections and nomination process
- Location
- Hyderabad, erstwhile Mahabubnagar and Ranga Reddy districts, Mancherial, Nirmal, Komuram Bheem Asifabad
- Participants
- State Election Commissioner Rani Kumudini, District Collectors, Election Observers, Police Officials
- Key Focus Areas
- Nomination process, election staff deployment, postal ballots, ballot boxes, security arrangements
- Transparency Measures
- Web-casting at polling stations
- Nominations (First Phase)
- 22,330 valid nominations for 4,236 Sarpanch posts, 85,428 valid nominations for 37,440 ward offices
- Nominations (Second Phase)
- 2,900+ nominations for 4,332 Sarpanch posts, 3,608 nominations for 38,343 ward officer posts on the first day
- No Nominations
- Five Gram Panchayats in Mancherial (3), Nirmal (1), and Komuram Bheem Asifabad (1)
