Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election 2021 Live: Polling for 2,723 panchayats underway, counting to begin at 4 PM

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Updated: February 9, 2021 2:13:13 pm

Andhra Pradesh Municipal Election 2021, Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election Phase 1 Polling Live: As per the Panchayat Raj department, elections were to be held for 3,249 posts of sarpanches. However, 525 have been unanimously elected, while no nomination was filed for a village in Nellore district.

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Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election 2021 Phase 1 Polling Live Updates: Polling for 2,723 panchayats is underway in Andhra Pradesh. For the first phase, voting began at 6.30 AM and will go on till 3.30 PM. Counting of votes will begin at 4 PM. Also, elections are being held to elect 20,157 ward members. The elections will be conducted in four phases till February 21.

As per the Panchayat Raj department, elections were to be held for 3,249 posts of sarpanches. However, 525 have been unanimously elected, while no nomination was filed for a village in Nellore district. As many as 7,506 candidates are contesting for sarpanch posts in the first phase and 43,601 are in the fray for ward members.

The elections are being held using ballot paper. The state election commission has set up 29,732 polling stations, Of these, 3,458 have been identified as sensitive and 3,594 hypersensitive.

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    13:52 (IST)09 Feb 2021
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    Visakhapatnam: 340

    East Godavari: 366

    West Godavari: 239

    Krishna: 234

    Guntur: 337

    Prakasam: 229

    SPSR Nellore: 163

    Chittoor: 454

    YSR Kadapa: 206

    Kurnool: 193

    Ananthapuramu: 169

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    12:19 (IST)09 Feb 2021
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    Andhra Panchayat Election 2021: First of four phase panchayat election is underway in Andha Pradesh. Polling for next three phases will take place on 13, 17 and 21 February. Polling will begin at 6.30 AM and will go on till 3.30. Counting of votes will begin soon after the voting is concluded.  

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