KAKINADA: As the last day of filing nominations in East Godavari district ended on Sunday, there are indications that at least five sarpanches will be elected unanimously.
District panchayat officials said though the time for filing nominations ended at 5 p.m., many candidates remained in queue to file their nominations. They have been given tokens and are filing nominations one by one.
According to primary information, at Sankhavaram, Achampet and Jaggampet in Sankhavaram mandal, Poduru in Rowthulapudi mandal, and Lachipalem in Tallarevu mandal, only single nominations have been received for sarpanch posts. In Lachipalem, eight wards have also received single nominations.
As per information made available by election officials, as many as 3,486 nominations have been received, including 777 for sarpanch and 2,709 for ward member posts on the last day of filing nominations on Sunday for the first phase of elections in Kakinada and Peddapuram divisions of East Godavari district. Kakinada division witnessed 344 nominations for sarpanch and 1,023 for member posts in eight mandals. In Peddapuram division, 433 nominations for sarpanch and 1,686 for ward member have been filed in 12 mandals.
Agriculture commissioner H. Arunkumar has been appointed as election observer of East Godavari District. Joint collector Keerthi Chekuri visited Pithapuram and Prathipadu mandals to supervise the nomination process.
