Tag: Uncontested Candidates

Voting In Panchayat Polls
Odisha Panchayat Polls: 1 ZP Candidate, 126 Sarpanchs Set To Be Elected Uncontested

The election is almost over for BJD candidate Kalpana Pradhan from Ambabhona Block Zone-2 in Bargarh district who is all set to be declared as the winner of the ZP unopposed.

  • Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Voting
Gross Subversion of Democratic Process

By Sandeep Sahu 36, 779!!! The figure should sound an alarm bell for all those who love democracy because that is the number of candidates who have won ‘uncontested’ even before the three-tier panchayat elections have got underway in the state. To put things in perspective, these 36, 779 are among the 1, 89, 099 […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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