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AP: Polling concludes peacefully in ULB elections

Vijayawada, Nov 1 (UNI) The polling for the Urban Local Body elections across the State came to an end at 5 pm on Sunday. Elections were held for 13 Municipal Corporations and 79 Municipalities.
However, the election officials allowed those who were already in queue lines at the polling stations after 5 pm also.

Except sporadic incidents in Kadapa and Kurnool districts, far and wide, the polling was peaceful, and no major incident took place anywhere, State Election Officer Anil Chandra Punetha said. The counting of votes would be taken up on November 3.

Till 3 pm, 46,54, 133 voters cast their vote, registering 48.03 percent polling. Significantly, the polling percentage was very low in the Municipal Corporation of Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Guntur.
Till 5 pm, 51.40 per cent of polling was registered in Guntur, 51.84 per cent in Kurnool, 59.64 pc in Vizianagaram, 45.26 pc in Tirupati and 49 pc in Vijayawada. Polling time was extended for another two hours in the 55th division in Vijayawada as the symbols on the ballot papers were changed.
Former Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy did not cast his vote in Pulivendula in protest against the alleged irregularities in the polling. He squatted in front of the Returning Officer’s office in Pulivendula along with his activists in protest against the denial of permission to meet the RO. Kadapa district Collector Ch Sridhar said that the polling for the Pulivendula municipal council was held peacefully.

IGP Rajakumari said that since filing of nominations, 275 FIRs had been registered regarding various cases. As many as 40 incidents took place on the polling day Sunday, she said.

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