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AMARAVATI: Stage is set for the counting of votes for the 11 municipal corporations and 70 municipalities/Nagar Panchayats in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday (March 14).
The urban local bodies (ULBs) elections are being held amid a strong attack on the government by a combined opposition which has accused the ruling YSR Congress of resorting to high-handed tactics, abuse of state machinery, particularly the police, in a bid to grab the civic bodies.
Elections were held on Wednesday for 71 municipalities and Nagar Panchayats and 11 municipal corporations in the state, with 78.71 lakh eligible voters.
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation went to polls after over a decade, the first after its expansion.
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Officials making arrangements at the counting centre at Andhra University in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
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Officials review arrangements
The district administration has made elaborate arrangements for the counting of votes, polled in the municipal elections, at Andhra University on March 14. The preparation at the counting rooms at the centres was completed on Saturday.
District Collector V. Vinay Chand inspected the counting rooms along with Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner S. Nagalakshmi here on Saturday night. He discussed about the arrangements for the counting procedure.
He asked the officials to conduct the counting as per the prescribed guidelines without fail and ensure transparency.
Ensure transparency in counting, says Collector
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Errors will invite action, he tells officials
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Errors will invite action, he tells officials
District Collector V. Vinay Chand has instructed officials to ensure transparency and avoid mistakes in the process for counting of votes in the elections to the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) and the Elamanchili and Narsipatnam municipalities in the district.
The Collector was speaking at a training programme for counting of votes at the VMRDA Children’s Arena here on Thursday.
The validity of the ballot paper should be ensured and counting should be done after the ballot papers to the agents of the candidates. The counting officials and staff should understand various aspects of counting and abide by the rules. Any mistake in counting of votes, either knowingly or unknowingly, would make them liable to face action, he said.
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Despite an awareness campaign run by the district administration and the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, the municipal polls recorded a final voting percentage of 59.41%, as against 52.48 % in the year 2007, which is about 6% higher than the previous Urban Local Body (ULB) polls.
Out of 17,26,158 voters in the 98 wards of GVMC limits, as many as 10,25,442 voters exercised their franchise, while 7,00,716 voters did not take part in voting.
On the day of elections, voting started on a very slow pace. By 1 p.m., after almost six hours of voting, the polling percentage was just 36.09%. Officials expected the voting percentage to increase later in the day. However, only 20% more votes were polled in the last four hours till 5 p.m. The final turnout was declared to be 59.41%.