India, Feb. 5 -- The Haryana state election commission on Tuesday announced the poll dates for eight municipal corporations, including Gurugram and 21 other municipal committees across the state. According to the schedule announced by state election commissioner Dhanpat Singh, the election will be held at all the places on March 2 barring Panipat, while the results will be announced on March 12.

The elections to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has been delayed by over two years as the tenure of the corporation had ended in February 2022. It is also for the first time that around 9 lakh voters will directly vote and elect a mayor for the city. Earlier, the mayor was elected by the councillors.

The state election commission sa...