Telangana Panchayat Election Results 2025: First Phase Counting Underway

• First phase of Telangana Gram Panchayat elections concluded peacefully, with vote counting underway.
• The first phase involved 3,834 Gram Panchayats, with polling held from 7 AM to 1 PM.
• Over 56 lakh voters were eligible; 13,000 Sarpanch candidates and 65,455 nominees contested for 27,628 wards.
• Extensive security measures were in place, and webcasting was used in over 3,000 gram panchayats for real-time monitoring.
• These elections are seen as a test of popularity for the Congress, BRS, and BJP, with only gram panchayat polls proceeding due to reservation issues.

Why It Matters: Telangana elections test major parties' popularity.