Panchkula MC election 2020: 1.85 lakh voters to decide fate of 89 candidates in fray today There are six candidates for the post of the Mayor, while a total of 83 councillor candidates are contesting in 20 wards. Of the total 1.85 lakh voters, more than 98,000 are men and about 87,000 are women. Updated: December 27, 2020 2:56:39 pm Polling staff with their EVMs at Govt Girls College in Sector 14, Panchkula, on Saturday. (Express photo by Kamleshwar Singh) A total of 1.85 lakh electorate are set to cast their votes for the much awaited Panchkula Municipal Corporation elections, being held after a gap of over two-and-a-half years, on Sunday. The voters, for the first time, will poll to directly elect their mayoral candidate in Panchkula– in contrast to the earlier procedure as per which the Mayor’s post was filled by one of the already elected councillors.