The overwhelming participation in the Jharkhand panchayat  elections is obvious with this village community center in Jamtara, showcasing three contestants (201,789 nominations for 52,786 posts)

The state election commission had allocated eighty five symbols to the contesting candidates

The vehicles used were often belting out the candidates agenda's to bollywood songs

Through the months of November and December the election canvasing was a backdrop to the mundane affairs

Each candidate had two or more agents at the polling booths in Nau Hathiya village

While the women may have got sixty percent of the seats in these elections. At the polling booths, men dominated

The panchayat elections have given hope of change. A change that will give impetus to democracy