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Rajasthan Panchayat Elections: 3 Lakh Employees Lose Voting Rights
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News18•08-10-2026, 10:15
Rajasthan Panchayat Elections: 3 Lakh Employees Lose Voting Rights
- •Around 3 lakh government employees deployed for Panchayat elections in Rajasthan will be unable to cast their votes.
- •A total of 5.90 lakh employees and police personnel are being deployed across 45,384 polling booths for over 4.03 crore voters.
- •Unlike assembly and Lok Sabha elections, there is no provision for postal ballots in Panchayat elections because vote counting begins immediately after polling.
- •Employee unions argue that every vote matters and are considering approaching the court if election personnel are deprived of voting.
- •Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Verma confirmed that no concrete alternative arrangement exists due to the short timeframe of Sarpanch elections.
Key Questions Answered
Around 3 lakh government employees connected to rural areas will be deployed on election duty across polling booths, and because vote counting begins immediately after polling concludes in Panchayat elections, there is no provision for postal ballots. Consequently, these employees cannot travel to their home villages or constituencies to cast their votes.
A total of 5.90 lakh employees and police personnel are being deployed across 45,384 polling booths in 14,403 Village Panchayats in Rajasthan.
Postal ballots are not provided because there is a very short timeframe between voting and counting in Panchayat elections, with the counting process beginning immediately after polling ends.
