<span style="color: #222222;">Two-tier panchayat election in Sikkim concluded smoothly and peacefully today, with an overall voter turnout of around 75 percent. Mangan recorded the highest turnout at 82 percent among the districts, followed by Namchi at 79 percent, Gangtok at 78 percent, Geyzing at 77 percent, Soreng at 74 percent, and Pakyong at 63 percent.  </span><br />''<br />''AIR reports that a total of 695 of the 1147 gram panchayat wards in Sikkim went to polls today, excluding 448 uncontested wards and four wards that are scheduled for re-poll. Similarly, election was conducted in 102 of the state's 122 Zilla Panchayat territorial constituencies as 19 were uncontested and one constituency is scheduled for re-poll.<br />'' <br />''Tathangchen village panchayat ward in Gangtok district had the highest number of registered voters at 1072 while the lowest number of voters were registered in Nego ward in Mangan district, at only 47.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Results for the two-tier election involving 1675 candidates for gram panchayat wards and 408 candidates for Zilla Panchayat territorial constituencies will be declared on 12th November. The elections were not contested on political lines and 50 percent of candidature was reserved for women at both levels. These were the first elections conducted in the state since the formation of the new districts, Pakyong and Soreng</span><br />