Itanagar, Dec. 20 -- Counting of votes for the recently held Panchayat elections in Arunachal Pradesh is underway on Saturday across all 27 districts, along with the counting for municipal polls.
The counting of votes began at 8 am.
State Election Commissioner (SEC) Secretary Taru Talo said that 45 counting halls have been prepared for the process, with strong rooms secured near the counting venues to ensure the safe and smooth movement of election materials.
Of the 245 Zilla Parishad Member seats, 59 were elected unopposed, while in the Gram Panchayat segments, 5,857 out of 8,182 GP constituencies were uncontested.
The ruling BJP has already won 58 Zilla Parishad (ZP) and 5,037 Gram Panchayat (GP) constituencies across the State, and f...