Janjivan Bureau / Chandigarh : The ruling Congress is leading on most seats for the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections held recently as the counting got under way in Punjab on Saturday.
In Patiala, the Congress has won 29 panchayat samiti seats and SAD two. SAD’s Karam Chand won the Panchayat Samiti poll from Nabha Zone 2.
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*Panchayat Samiti results in Punjab: Total seats 199; unopposed elected 45; results declared 32; Congress 24; SAD 7; BJP 1
*Amritsar: Panchayat Samitis: Results declared 16: Congress 12, SAD 4
*Patiala: Panchayat Samitis: Congress wins 29 seats, SAD wins 2
*Bathinda: Panchyat Samitis: Results declared 10: Congress 7, SAD 2, Ind 1
*Ludhiana: Zila Parishad trends: Congress 22
*Ludhiana: Panchayat Samiti trends: Congress 89, SAD 24, AAP 1, Independent 2
*Congress wins 12 of 22 zones in panchayat samitis of Nawanshahr
*Akalis suffer massive defeat on home turf of Muktsar as the Congress wins 10 of 13 Zila Parishad zones
*Congress has complete sway in Gurdaspur. Of the total 213 panchayat samiti zones the Congress wins 154 and leads in the rest. In the Zila Parishad polls, the Congress has won 15 of the 25 seats and leads in the rest.
*Hoshiarpur: Panchayat Samiti: Total seats 211; Results declared 38, Cong 34, SAD 3, BJP 1
*Sangrur: 8 Panchayat Samiti zones declared: Congress 7, SAD 1
*Congress has bagged all five seats in Ropar the results of which were declared till 1 pm*Bathinda: Congress candidate wins from Burj Gill block samiti seat with 3 votes
