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Updated Mar 11, 2021 | 00:06 IST
The urban local body elections were abruptly deferred in March last year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, after the nominations were filed. Representational image | Photo Credit: PTI
Amaravati: The polling for 12 Municipal Corporations, including Greater Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, and 75 Municipalities and Nagar Panchayats in Andhra Pradesh was held on Tuesday. Over 65 per cent of polling was recorded in the elections to urban local bodies. The counting of votes will be held on March 14, the State Election Commission (SEC) said.
The urban local body elections were abruptly deferred in March last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic after the nominations were filed. After nominations were filed and scrutiny was completed, the commission had on March 15, 2020, suspended the election process for the ULBs for six weeks in view of Covid-19 and later extended it until further orders.
GVMC polls | Polling begins on slow pace
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All polling stations around Gajuwaka and Visakhapatnam Steel Plant were notified as sensitive and hyper-sensitive
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People wait along with thier children in long queues to cast their votes in the municipal elections at a polling centre at Chinna Waltair in Visakhapatnam on March 10, 2021.
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All polling stations around Gajuwaka and Visakhapatnam Steel Plant were notified as sensitive and hyper-sensitive
The polling for Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) began on a slow pace, in Visakhapatnam on March 10. Till about 9 a.m. the total votes polled out of about 17.26 lakh votes were around 1.53 lakh, registering a percentage of around 8.89.
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Updated: Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 18:55 [IST]
Amaravati, Mar 10: The polling for 12 Municipal Corporations, including Greater Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, and 75 Municipalities and Nagar Panchayats in Andhra Pradesh began early morning on Tuesday. The results will be declared on March 14, the State Election Commission (SEC) said.
The Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh will face the first test of its governance as the urban local bodies (ULBs) in the state go to polls on Wednesday.
The ULB 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.