Tirupati: Municipal Corporation elections in the temple town of Tirupati will be held on October 28 and counting of votes will take place on October 30, Municipal Commissioner Jayakrishna said on Thursday.
Addressing the media, he said elections will be held for 66 wards and the Mayor’s post. The number of wards has increased from 50 to 66 following delimitation. The city has a total of 2,92,492 voters, including 1,43,000 men, 1,47,000 women and 29 voters from the third-gender category, he stated.
As per the schedule, nominations will be accepted from October 16, scrutinised on October 19, and the last date for withdrawal is October 21. The final list of candidates will be released at 3 pm on October 21.
Nomination centres have been established at 22 locations for the 66 wards, with 22 Returning Officers and 22 Assistant Returning Officers appointed.A total of 304 polling booths will be set up across 104 locations. Of these, 46 have been identified as critical, 77 as sensitive and 63 as hyper-sensitive.
Between 1,800 and 2,000 personnel will be deployed for election duties, and 140 buses have been allocated for transport. Flying squads and surveillance teams have been formed to monitor the Model Code of Conduct.
Voters will have to cast two votes, one for the ward councillor and another for the Mayor. Election material distribution, strong rooms and the counting centre will be arranged at SV Arts College.
The Commissioner said restrictions will be imposed within a 100-metre radius of nomination centres, and media personnel will not be permitted inside polling booths and will only be allowed to film queues outside.
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