Barring a few incidents here, the polling for corporations and municipalities was peaceful in north Andhra districts on Sunday. Elections could not be held in Srikakulam corporation, Amadalavalasa and Rajam municipalities due to pending court cases.
Nellimarla in Vizianagaram district which went to elections for the first time after becoming a municipality polled the highest percentage of 80.31 in north Andhra Pradesh.
In Visakhapatnam, a few incidents of heated exchanges between YSRC cadre and TD were reported from ward 92 (Gajuwaka), South constituency, Thatichetlapalem and Yendada area of wards 12 and 13.
Polling in GVMC was still going on in 180 booths at the time of filing this report. The percentage was 39.79 at 5pm and 48 percent at 4pm (manually counted).
The Vizianagaram corporation polled 62.73 per cent and in Vizianagaram district Bobbili Municipality polled 71.33.
In Srikakulam district, Ichchapuram polled 64.9 per cent and Palasa-Kasibugga 68.33 per cent. In Parvathipuram Manyam district, Parvathipuram municipality polled 63.63 per cent, Salur 65.64 and Palakonda 69.64 per cent. In Anakapalli district, Yelamanchili polled 76 per cent and Narsipatnam 72.60.
In Narsipatnam, Speaker Ayyanna Patrudu’s wife Padmavathy of TD is pitted against Anitha of YSRC, who is wife of Ayyanna’s younger brother Sanyasi Patrudu.
Disclaimer : This story is auto aggregated by a computer programme and has not been created or edited by DOWNTHENEWS. Publisher: deccanchronicle.com
