SEC Makes Arrangements For Vote Counting At 138 Centres Across AP
Counting for 92 urban local bodies to begin at 8 am on November 3
Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) has made arrangements for counting of votes polled in 92 urban local bodies, scheduled to begin at 8 am on November 3.
Counting will cover 804 wards in 13 municipal corporations and 2,382 wards in 79 municipalities and nagar panchayats, taking the total to 3,186 wards.
The authorities have set up 138 counting centres, with 556 counting halls and 6,831 tables.
The SEC has deployed 47,817 personnel, including counting supervisors and assistants.
A total of 1,372 CCTV cameras have been installed at strong rooms and counting halls to monitor the process.
Political parties, including the Telugu Desam, Jana Sena, BJP, YSRC and Congress, are awaiting the results.
Eight urban local bodies have already been elected unanimously.
The SEC has also released the final polling percentage for the urban local body elections held on Sunday.
The state recorded an average turnout of 62.16 per cent.
Polling was held in 3,453 wards, with 60,22,411 of the 96,89,061 registered voters casting their votes.
Chimakurthy recorded the highest turnout at 84.36 per cent, while Tirupati registered the lowest at 46.85 per cent.
