<p>Chandigarh: Polling was held on Sunday to elect the mayor and 26 councillors for the Panipat Municipal Corporation in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/haryana">Haryana</a>, with 52.2 per cent of the over four lakh eligible voters exercising their franchise, officials said.</p>.<p>Polling began across 365 booths at 8 am and continued till 6 pm. A poll percentage of 52.2 was recorded in the elections.</p>.<p>Four candidates are in the fray for the mayor's post, while 103 contested for the 26 councillors' seats in the Panipat Municipal Corporation.</p>.Harassed by village youth, teenage girl dies by suicide in Haryana's Sonipat.<p>Polls to elect mayors and ward members in seven municipal corporations were held on March 2, including in Gurugram, Manesar, Faridabad, Hisar, Rohtak, Karnal and Yamunanagar.</p>.<p>The bypolls for the mayoral posts in Ambala and Sonipat and the elections for presidents and ward members in 21 municipal committees were also held on March 2.</p>.<p>The votes will be counted on March 12, and the results for all the municipal corporations will be declared the same day.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has exuded confidence that the BJP would win the civic polls, saying that work would be done three times faster after the formation of a "triple-engine" government, a reference to the saffron party being in power at the Centre, the state and the civic bodies.</p>.<p>The Congress also appealed to the voters to elect the party candidates with a full majority. The grand old party, out of office in Haryana for more than 10 years, is looking to turn around its electoral fortunes in the civic polls. </p>
<p>Chandigarh: Polling was held on Sunday to elect the mayor and 26 councillors for the Panipat Municipal Corporation in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/haryana">Haryana</a>, with 52.2 per cent of the over four lakh eligible voters exercising their franchise, officials said.</p>.<p>Polling began across 365 booths at 8 am and continued till 6 pm. A poll percentage of 52.2 was recorded in the elections.</p>.<p>Four candidates are in the fray for the mayor's post, while 103 contested for the 26 councillors' seats in the Panipat Municipal Corporation.</p>.Harassed by village youth, teenage girl dies by suicide in Haryana's Sonipat.<p>Polls to elect mayors and ward members in seven municipal corporations were held on March 2, including in Gurugram, Manesar, Faridabad, Hisar, Rohtak, Karnal and Yamunanagar.</p>.<p>The bypolls for the mayoral posts in Ambala and Sonipat and the elections for presidents and ward members in 21 municipal committees were also held on March 2.</p>.<p>The votes will be counted on March 12, and the results for all the municipal corporations will be declared the same day.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has exuded confidence that the BJP would win the civic polls, saying that work would be done three times faster after the formation of a "triple-engine" government, a reference to the saffron party being in power at the Centre, the state and the civic bodies.</p>.<p>The Congress also appealed to the voters to elect the party candidates with a full majority. The grand old party, out of office in Haryana for more than 10 years, is looking to turn around its electoral fortunes in the civic polls. </p>