Andhra Pradesh's urban local body elections recorded a final turnout of 60.96% as of 5 p.m. on November 1, the State Election Commission announced, The Hindu reported.
The figure covers the 12 municipal corporations and 79 municipalities and nagar panchayats that polled. Of 96,89,061 voters, 59,06,255 cast their votes.
The final report from Greater Visakhapatnam was still awaited. Its turnout was 50.02% as of 3 p.m., according to the report.
Where turnout was highest and lowest
Chimakurthy municipality in Prakasam district recorded the highest polling at 84.36%. Kanigiri in Markapuram district, where voting was held in only two wards, followed at 83.86%, and Gudur (K) in Kurnool district at 83.73%.
Penukonda, Nandikotkur, Badvel and Nellimarla also crossed 80%, The Hindu reported.
Among the 12 corporations with final data, Ongole had the highest turnout at 71.27%, and Tirupati the lowest at 46.85%.
Repolls ordered
The Commission ordered repolling on grounds of booth capturing at:
- polling station 15/2 in Ward 15 of Kadapa Municipal Corporation
- polling stations 1/1, 3/1, 7/1 and 8/1 in Wards 1, 3, 7 and 8 of Pulivendula
- polling stations 3/2, 17/1 and 29/1 in Wards 3, 17 and 29 of Jammalamadugu municipality
The Hindu separately reported that polling was largely peaceful with sporadic violence, that the Commission recorded 275 FIRs in connection with 40 incidents, and that YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy demanded a repoll in Pulivendula after clashes.
What next
Counting of votes is scheduled for November 3, UNI reported. The contest in the municipal bodies is between the ruling NDA alliance and the Opposition YSR Congress, and 17 municipal chairpersons had already been elected unanimously, 15 of them from the TDP, according to the agency.