Counting for ULB polls begins in Visakhapatnam
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March 14, 2021 12:56 IST
For the 98 wards under GVMC, 567 candidates are in the fray from various parties and about 10.52 lakh votes out of a total of 17.26 lakh are to be counted.
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For the 98 wards under GVMC, 567 candidates are in the fray from various parties and about 10.52 lakh votes out of a total of 17.26 lakh are to be counted. The counting of votes for the 98 wards under Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, 28 wards under Narsipatnam municipality and 25 under Yelamanchili municipality began at a slow pace here on March 14.
The first round reports are yet to be declared. Officials said the results for GVMC may go late into the night. Results for Narsipatnam and Yelamanchili may be declared by evening, as the number of wards and voters are fewer.
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh's ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) is heading for a clean sweep in urban local body election as counting of votes was underway
YSRC supporters celebrating party s victory in municipal polls.
AMARAVATI: It was a virtual Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress (YSRC) tsunami in Andhra Pradesh urban civic bodies as the party captured nearly all municipal corporations for which results were declared on Sunday.
YSRC’s victories particularly in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Guntur cities were a big setback to the principal opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP). The ruling party had left the rival parties including the TDP shell-shocked by winning 11 out of 11 municipal corporations and 69 of the 71 municipal towns.
The TDP’s score could not even touch the double digit in many towns. Although, TDP won majority wards in Tadipatri and Mydukur, YSRC is likely to bag the chairperson posts even in these two towns with the help of ex-officio votes leaving no urban area under TDP rule.
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