Overview
- Haryana's urban local-body elections, held Sunday, drew roughly 54–54.5% turnout with results set for May 13.
- Voting covered three municipal corporations in Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat along with Rewari Municipal Council, the Sampla, Dharuhera and Uklana committees, and several by-elections.
- Police logged localized complaints that are now under probe, including a youth detained in Rewari for an alleged bogus vote, claims of cash-for-votes in Dharuhera and a mismatched-credentials attempt reported in Ambala.
- Voters in Panchkula cited daily concerns such as broken roads, poor waste collection, erratic water supply, dark stretches without working lights or CCTVs and worry over the ₹160 crore fixed-deposit fraud at the municipal body.
- Punjab's State Election Commissioner scheduled municipal polls for May 26 with counting on May 29, covering 105 bodies and eight corporations, with nominations from May 13–16 and a deployment of over 35,000 police personnel.