Barring a few minor incidents of violence, the polling for 145 municipalities and 10 municipal corporations across Andhra Pradesh concluded peacefully on Sunday.
Amid tight security, more than 75 per cent of over 95 lakh voters exercised their franchise to elect candidates for 3,990 wards in 145 municipalities, and 2,507 divisions in 10 municipal corporations in Telangana and Seemandhra regions. As many as 17,864 contestants were in the fray in the municipalities and another 3,343 candidates are testing their fortunes in the corporations.
A record 86 per cent polling has been reported from Prakasam district followed by 79% in Visakhapatnam, 77% in Anantapur, 76.31% in Media, 76% in Chittoor, 75.5% in Mahabubnagar, 74.41% in Kadapa district. The poll percentage was 62.67% for Kadapa municipality, 55% for Nizamabad, 67.62% in Kamareddy, 70.5% in Armoor and 73% in Bodhan. (INN)