Telugu Desam in favour of repolling in 200 booths
Vijayawada: Two persons died in clashes between the YSRC and the TD workers in Rayalaseema during Thursday’s elections to 175 Assembly segments and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in AP.
Officials corrected 310 EVMs, and another 52 EVMs were found to be technically problematic.
Both TD and YSRC had approached CEO and accused each other of malpractices and rioting. TD has demanded repolling in 200 booths.
The YSRC said one of its actvists was attacked with sickles by TD cadres and killed in Veerapuram of Tadipatri constituency in Anantapur. The TD said its activist Siddha Bhaskar Reddy was killed by YSRC cadres in Veerapuram.
The YSRC said its supporter B.R. Venkatrami Reddy of Thambalapalle of Chittoor district died when he was hit on the chest with a stone during clashes.
A total of 3,93,45,717 voters were registered in the state, 1,94,62,339 male, 1,98,79,421 female and 3,957 transgenders.