The State Election Commission has completed arrangements to count votes for 92 urban local bodies: 13 municipal corporations and 79 municipalities and nagar panchayats. Counting begins at 8 AM on Tuesday.
The arrangements
- 138 counting centres, 556 halls and 6,831 tables
- 47,817 personnel, including counting supervisors and assistants
- 1,372 CCTV cameras at strong rooms and counting halls
- Eight local bodies have already been decided unanimously
Deccan Chronicle now puts turnout at 62.16% (60,22,411 of 96,89,061 voters). The figure first reported on Sunday and Monday was 60.96%; the report does not explain the change. Chimakurthy had the highest turnout (84.36%) and Tirupati the lowest (46.85%).
Both sides
On Monday, YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy said the SEC had become "subservient" to Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, that YSRCP agents were kept out of 70 of 80 booths in Pulivendula, and that the party would fight the irregularities in court. State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha has said polling was peaceful barring a few incidents. Police IG Rajakumari reported about 40 incidents and 275 FIRs on polling day.
