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AP: Polling for ULB elections begins on peaceful note across AP

Vijayawada, Nov 1 (UNI) The polling for the Urban Local Body elections began this morning across Andhra Pradesh on a peaceful note on Sunday. Elections are being held for 92 Urban Local Bodies, including 13 Municipal Corporations and 79 Municipalities and Nagara Panchayats.
Till 11 am, 22.08 per cent of polling was recorded, and 21,39,625 voters have exercised their franchise. Though the polling began on a sluggish note, later a large number of voters thronged the polling stations and formed queues to cast their vote. Former Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy cast his vote in his home constituency in Pulivendula in Kadapa district; BJP State President PVN Madhav cast his vote in Visakhapatnam; film actor turned MLA N Balakrishna cast his vote in Hindupur in Anantapur district; and TDP State President Palla SrinivasaRao cast his vote in Gajuwaka in Visakhapatnam.
State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Puneetha observed the polling pattern at a polling station at DAV Public School at Ibrahimpatnam, nearby. He enquired with the election officials about the polling details and percentage of polling. Talking to the media on the occasion, the SEC said that the polling was going on peacefully across the state and voters in large numbers were going to the polling stations to cast their vote.
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