Vijayawada, Nov. 1 -- The polling for the Urban Local Body elections across the State came to an end at 5 pm on Sunday. Elections were held for 13 Municipal Corporations and 79 Municipalities.
However, the election officials allowed those who were already in queue lines at the polling stations after 5 pm also.
Except sporadic incidents in Kadapa and Kurnool districts, far and wide, the polling was peaceful, and no major incident took place anywhere, State Election Officer Anil Chandra Punetha said. The counting of votes would be taken up on November 3.
Till 3 pm, 46,54, 133 voters cast their vote, registering 48.03 percent polling. Significantly, the polling percentage was very low in the Municipal Corporation of Visakhapatnam, Vijayawad...