23 Sep, 00:26 (IST)

Of the 211 panchayat samiti seats in Hoshiarpur, the Congress has emerged victorious on over 150 seats unopposed, till the last count. The Akali Dal had been declared winner on only 6 seats.

22 Sep, 13:40 (IST)

Out of total 211 Block Samiti seats, the result has been declared on 38 seats. Congress has won 34 seats, while the Shiromani Akali Dal bagged three and the BJP remain victorious on one seat

22 Sep, 12:27 (IST)

Congress has won three Block Samiti seats in Hoshiarpur

22 Sep, 09:46 (IST)

Congress leading on 10 seats in Khanna Block Samiti

22 Sep, 09:10 (IST)

Congress has won four Zilla Parishad seats unopposed in Fatehgarh Sahib

22 Sep, 08:43 (IST)

Former Deputy Chief Minister and SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal visited Golden Temple today ahead of the results of Zilla Parishad and Panchayat election results. Badal accused the Congress of booth capturing.

22 Sep, 08:18 (IST)

There 10 counting centres in Hoshiarpur.

22 Sep, 08:11 (IST)

Results will be announced after 10 rounds of counting

22 Sep, 08:03 (IST)

Counting of votes on 82 Zilla Parishad and 562 Panchayat Samiti seats have begun.

Hoshiarpur, September 22: The Hoshiarpur Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti Elections 2018 Results will be declared today, September 22. The counting of votes is set to begin at 8 am and the results are expected to be out by this evening. Voting for the Punjab rural body elections took place on Wednesday, September 19. Stay with us for Live updates on the counting of votes for the Hoshiarpur rural body polls. There are 82 Zila Parishad seats and 562 Panchayat Samiti seats in Hoshiarpur.

The Election Commission on Thursday ordered repolling for Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections in 28 polling booths across seven districts of Punjab including Amritsar and Tarn Taran because of clashes between the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal workers. Opposition party SAD accused the ruling party of booth capturing. The Congress is considered a favourite to win these local body elections.

In total, thirty-three candidates were elected unopposed to various Zila Parishads, and 369 nominees were elected unopposed to the Panchayat Samitis. Meanwhile, counting is underway for Punjab Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti Elections 2018 across 21 other districts including Amritsar, Ludhiana and Jalandhar too.

Gurdaspur recorded the lowest voter turn-out with 47 percent voters cast their votes, whereas Mansa topped with 71 percent voter turnout. A total voting percentage was recorded at 58 percent. The polling took place on 354 Zila Parishad seats and 2,900 panchayat seats. The polls witnessed a triangular contest between the ruling Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party and the SAD-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine. There are a total of 1,27,87,395 registered voters in Punjab, comprising 60,99,053 women and 97 third-gender voters.