The integrated Karimnagar district has elected a record number of 126 sarpanches unanimously from 1,210 gram panchayats after completion of withdrawal of nominations for the third phase of elections. That includes 59 women sarpanches.
In 2013 panchayat elections, only 58 sarpanches had been elected unopposed. But, this time the numbers improved due to the ₹10 lakh incentive announced by State government and ₹15 lakh by the respective TRS legislators .
The Rajanna-Sircilla district topped the list with 43 sarpanches being elected unopposed closely followed by Jagtial district (42) while the numbers in Karimnagar and Peddapalli districts stood at 22 and 19, respectively.