Vijayawada: Polling will be held in 92 urban local bodies (ULBs) across Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, November 1, from 7 am to 5 pm.
Elections in eight of the 100 ULBs have been unanimous.
Of the 100 ULBs, 13 are municipal corporations and 87 municipalities and nagar panchayats.
With all chairpersons and ward members elected unanimously in eight municipalities and nagar panchayats, elections will be held in the remaining 79 ULBs.
The eight urban local bodies where both chairpersons and ward members have been elected unanimously are Piduguralla, Gurazala, Dachepalli, Darsi, Allagadda, Proddatur, Rayachoti and Kamalapuram.
Chairpersons and some ward members have also been elected unanimously in nine other ULBs — Kanigiri, Gooty, Atmakur, Rajampet, Badvel, Mydukuru, Yerraguntla, Punganur and Nagari.
Polling will be held for all 13 mayoral posts, with 153 candidates in the fray.
Of the 922 wards in these municipal corporations, 118 corporators have been elected unanimously.
The remaining 804 wards will witness elections.
A total of 3,073 candidates are contesting for the corporator posts.
The 13 municipal corporations where polling is to be held are Vizianagaram, GVMC, Guntur, Ongole, Nellore, Anantapur, Kurnool, Kadapa, Chittoor, Vijayawada, Eluru, Machilipatnam and Tirupati.
The 79 municipalities and nagar panchayats going to elections are Itchapuram, Palasa-Kasibugga, Bobbili, Nellimarla, Parvathipuram, Salur, Palakonda, Yelamanchali, Narsipatnam, Peddapuram, Tuni, Yeleswaram, Samalkot, Pithapuram, Gollaprolu, Amalapuram, Ramachandrapuram, Mummidivaram, Kovvur, Nidadavole, Mandapeta, Narasapur, Akiveedu, Nuzvid, Jangareddygudem, Pedana, Vuyyuru, Nandigama, Jaggaiahpeta, Tiruvuru, Kondapalli, Tenali, Macherla, Sattenapalli, Chilakaluripeta, Vinukonda, Repalle, Chirala, Chimakurthy, Addanki, Markapuram, Kanigiri, Giddalur, Atmakur, Buchireddypalem, Venkatagiri, Sullurpeta, Naidupeta, Hindupur, Guntakal, Tadipatri, Dharmavaram, Kadiri, Rayadurg, Gooty, Kalyandurg, Puttaparthi, Madakasira, Penukonda, Adoni, Nandyal, Yemmiganur, Dhone, Nandikotkur, Gudur, Atmakur, Bethamcherla, Pulivendula, Jammalamadugu, Rajampet, Badvel, Mydukuru, Yerraguntla, Madanapalle, Punganur, Palamaner, Nagari, Puttur and Kuppam.
Of the 87 chairperson posts in municipalities and nagar panchayats, 17 have been filled unanimously.
Polling will therefore be held for the remaining 70 posts, with 367 candidates in the fray.
Similarly, 637 ward members have been elected unanimously.
The remaining 2,382 wards will go to elections, with 6,669 candidates contesting.
A total of 99,36,014 voters, including 48,29,226 men, 51,05,345 women and 1,443 others, are eligible to vote and elect mayors, chairpersons, corporators and ward members in the 92 ULBs.
Counting of votes will be taken up at 138 counting centres on Tuesday, November 3.
Infographics
Total polling stations: 11,378
Sensitive polling stations: 7,070
Hypersensitive polling stations: 4,262
Critical polling stations: 142
CCTV cameras installed at polling stations: 12,666
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