Model code in force in city and urban areas also, says District Collector Updated: Updated: ‘All arrangements have been made for polls in 237 gram panchayats on February 17’ Share Article ‘All arrangements have been made for polls in 237 gram panchayats on February 17’ District Collector V. Vinay Chand has said that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), which is already in force in the district, has now come into force in the city and urban areas of the district as the Election Commission has notified the dates for polls in the 12 municipal corporations and 75 municipalities in the State. The MCC has come into force in the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation(GVMC) limits and the Narsipatnam and Yelamanchili Municipalities in the district with immediate effect.