Polls at MPTCs, ZPTC by and large peaceful

The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) held elections for the state’s Mandal Parishad and Zilla Parishad (MPTC, ZPTC) constituencies on Thursday.

The vote started at 7 a. M. And lasted until 5 p. M., Except in areas of the Agency where the vote closed at 2 p. M. The vote was largely peaceful, with the exception of minor incidents.

One person was injured in a clash between supporters of the YSRCP and the Jana Sena party in Pedapatnam Lanka below the boundaries of the Nagaram Police Station in East Godavari district.

Confusion about holding elections to the last minute and scorching sun resulted in a drop in the vote in some districts. For the first time, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) boycotted the municipal elections. The effects of the TDP boycott could be seen in some places in the state.

Repoll

After a gaffe, authorities carried out a repoll for 11 votes after voters discovered that the details of the candidates on the ballot papers at the Saakuru Gunnepalli polling station in the Amalapuram mandal in East Godavari district were inconsistent. Local elections were held in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts without fanfare.

Elections were held for 419 MPTCs and 33 ZPTCs in the Chittor district. When the notice was released last March, YSRCP candidates were unanimously elected in 30 ZPTCs and 433 MPTCs.

Of the 660 ZPTCs in the state, elections were held for 515 seats with 2,058 candidates in combat. Eight-seat elections were not held for various reasons, and eleven-seat elections were postponed as candidates from various political parties had died since March 2020, when the election notice was originally issued.

Regarding the MPTCs, elections were held for 7,220 seats and 18,782 candidates were in action. While there are 10,047 MPTC seats in the state, no elections were held for 375 seats for various reasons, and 2,371 seats were elected unanimously. No elections were held for 81 seats as candidates from various political parties have died fighting since March 2020.

The elections came after a divisional bank of the Andhra Pradesh Supreme Court crushed an earlier ruling by a single judge bank that maintained the electoral process.

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