All set for conducting local body polls: Collector

Guntur: District collector CM Saikanth Varma stated that all arrangements have been made to conduct local body elections in the district peacefully, transparently, in accordance with the schedule announced by the State Election Commission.

Addressing the media at the Collectorate on Thursday, he explained the election schedule and the arrangements made for receiving nominations, polling, counting of votes and the overall conduct of elections.

He said that elections will be held for GMC and Tenali Municipality in the district. The filing of nominations would commence on October 16, polling would be held on October 28, and counting of votes would be held on October 30. The nomination process for MPTC, ZPTC elections would begin on October 21. Polling would be held on November 3, followed by counting of votes on November 5.

Gram Panchayat elections would be conducted in three phases. In the first phase, nominations would begin on November 15 and polling would be held on November 26. In the second phase, nominations would commence on November 18, with polling scheduled for November 29. In the third phase, nominations would begin on November 21 and polling would take place on December 2. Counting of votes for Gram Panchayat elections would be conducted on the same day as polling.

He stated that the GMC has 76 wards, while Tenali municipality has 52 wards. Guntur has 6,09,667 voters and Tenali 1,57,089 voters. He assured that there would be no delay in issuing caste certificates required by candidates contesting the elections. Those who already possessed integrated caste certificates need not apply for fresh certificates. Arrangements had been made to issue caste certificates within 24 hours to applicants who had submitted their applications, he said. District Revenue Officer NSK Khajavali was also present.

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