General Election of Three-Tier Panchayats 2025
Voting will be held in 53 development blocks in the first phase, 43 in the second phase and 50 development blocks in the third phase
Voting will be held from 7 am to 3 pm and in Bastar division, voting will be held from 6.45 am to 2 pm
Nava Raipur, Date 16 February 2025: Three-tier Panchayat General Election 2025 will be held in three phases. The dates for the urban body and three-tier panchayat general elections were announced by the Chhattisgarh State Election Commission on 20 January. As per the program released by the State Election Commission for the election, the process of nomination was started with the publication of the notification of election for the three-tier panchayat on 27 January and the last date for receiving nomination papers was fixed as 3 pm on Monday, 03 February 2025. Withdrawal of candidature was taken till 3 pm on Thursday, 06 February 2025 and the date of 06 February was fixed for preparing, publishing the list of candidates contesting the election and allotment of election symbols. State Election Commission officials said that counting of votes will be done at polling stations on the day of polling itself. Tabulation and declaration of election results in the cases of Panch, Sarpanch and Janpad Panchayat will be done at the block level on January 19 for the first phase, on February 22 for the second phase and on February 25 for the third phase from 9 am. Similarly, in the case of District Panchayat member, it will be done at the district headquarters on February 20 for the first phase, February 23 for the second phase and February 25 for the third phase.
State Election Commission officials said that in the first phase, voting will be held in 53 development blocks of the state on February 17. The development blocks where polling is to be held in the first phase include Masturi development block of Bilaspur district, Gaurela development block of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district, Mungeli development block of Mungeli district, Bamhnidih and Akaltara development blocks of Janjgir-Champa district, Jaijepur development block of Sakti district, Korba and Kartala development blocks of Korba district, Raigarh and Pusaur development blocks of Raigarh district, Baramkela development block of Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district, Surajpur and Bhaiyathan development blocks of Surajpur district, Kusmi, Rajpur and Shankargarh development blocks of Balrampur district, Ambikapur, Lakhanpur and Udaipur development blocks of Surguja district, Sonhat development block of Korea district, Khargawan development block of Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district, Bagicha development block of Jashpur district.
Similarly, development blocks Arang and Abhanpur of Raipur district, development blocks Bhatapara and Simga of Balodabazar district, development blocks Gariaband and Mainpur of Gariaband district, development blocks Basna and Saraipali of Mahasamund district, development blocks Dhamtari and Magarlod of Dhamtari district, development blocks Bemetara and Navagarh of Bemetara district, development block Durg of Durg district, development blocks Dondilohara and Dondi of Balod district, development block Rajnandgaon of Rajnandgaon district, development block Chhuikhadan of Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai district, development block Manpur of Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district, development blocks Kawardha and Sahaspur Lohara of Kabirdham district, development blocks Kondagaon of Kondagaon district, development blocks Jagdalpur and Darbha of Bastar district, development block Narayanpur of Narayanpur district, development blocks Kanker, Charama and Narhapur of Kanker district North Bastar, Dantewada district South Bastar Dantewada and Geedam of Sukma district and Sukma division of Bijapur district are included.