A Gujarat man was heartbroken after finding out that he had secured just one vote, his own, in the rural local body election.
Santosh had expected that at least his family, which had a total of 12 voters, would vote for him. (Photo: India Today/ Gopi Maniar Ghanghar )
A candidate from Gujarat’s Vapi district was heartbroken after getting only a single vote, his own, in the rural local body elections. The candidate’s loss was even more embarrassing as he had a total of twelve members in his family, none of whom voted for him.
The candidate, Santosh, had thrown in his nomination for the post of Sarpanch in Vapi district’s Chharwala village. He expected that at least his family, which had a total of 12 voters, would vote in his favour.
However, after the votes were counted, Santosh found out that he had managed to get only one vote, that too his own. He broke down near the counting centre and said that even his own family did not vote for him.
The results of over 8,600 gram panchayats are to be declared on Tuesday as counting of votes in the gram panchayat elections is underway in various centres in Gujarat.
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