Polling for the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) elections will be held on October 28, Collector Kishore announced. Voting will take place from 7 am to 5 pm on the scheduled day.
The counting of votes for the GVMC elections will begin at 8 am on October 30. Collector Kishore shared these details with the media, accompanied by GVMC Commissioner Ketan Garg and Police Commissioner Shankhabrata Bagchi.
So far, seven nominations have been received for the mayor's seat. Additionally, 331 nominations have been submitted for corporator posts, Collector Kishore said.
More than 10,000 polling personnel have been identified for election duties. The first phase of training for these personnel has been completed, officials confirmed.
The administration has appointed 41 returning officers and 41 assistant returning officers to manage the elections. Collector Kishore clarified that election duties will be allotted to polling personnel through randomisation.
