According to the state cabinet recommendations, the State Election Commission (SEC) said it was ready to return to the ballot papers for Panchayat and Urban Local Body (ULB) according to the rules.
The State Election Commissioner GS Sanreshi told Hindu that the Commission would conduct polls by reviewing election roles according to the recommended rules. “So far, we have used voting cards for GRAM Panchayat surveys. EVMS has been used in Public opinion surveys of ZP/TP and Urban. Now we are ready to use vote for Gram Panchayat and ZP/TP,” he said.
Mr. Langressi said that elections to five corporations under the power of Bengalur (GBA) are likely to take place in February next year, said the behavior of the election elections Panchayat (ZP)/ Taluk Panchayat (TP) will depend on the revision of election roles. “We will have to see how much time will be a revision of roles.
Elections of ZP/TP in Karnataka have been taking place since May 2021 due to delay in defining the Panchayat constituencies and reservation notifications. In 2022, the state government separated the State Election Commission its powers to delimit the exercise and make a reservation.
However, the state government did not perform these two exercises in time and thus postponed public opinion surveys. After a long persuasion, it completed the process of definition in December 2023, but it is not yet announced by the reservation of seats.
Published – 4 September 2025 22:52 IS IS
