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AP: All arrangements made for Zilla, Mandal Parishad elections: SEC

Vijayawada, Nov 4 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner (SEC) Anil Chandra Puneetha has said that all arrangements have been made to conduct elections for Zilla Parishad and Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTCs) on Thursday.
The SEC held a video conference with the District Collectors and SPs here on Wednesday and reviewed the arrangements. He said that over 2.61 crore voters would cast their vote at 31,460 polling sttations across the state.
"Adequate police security has been provided and arrangements made to monitor the polling through CCTV,” the SEC explained.
The SEC discussed with the Collectors about the prevailing weather conditions and possibility of rains on Thursday. The Collector explained to the SEC that rains had started receding.
The SEC instructed the Collectors and SPs to take steps to conduct ZPTC and MPTC elections impartially and transparently. All steps and precautions should be taken to ensure that the voters would not face inconvenience at any polling station due to rains, he told the Collectors.
Director General of Police Harish Kumar Gupta said that the Urban Local Body elections were conducted successfully and on the same lines the Zilla and Mandal Parishad elections would also be conducted. The DGP stated that as a large number of voters would throng to the polling stations, there was a need to regulate queues and deploy additional police forces wherever required.
State Election Secretary A Mallikharjun said that over 2.52 lakh polling officers and staff are being deployed to conduct elections across the state while over 52,000 personnel are being deputed for the counting of votes.
There are 9,821 MPTCs of which 2,051 were elected unanimously. Elections are being conducted to 7,770 MPTCs in which 18,843 candidates are contesting.
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