Nominations begin for MTMC, Bapatla, Narasaraopet and Ponnuru municipalities

Guntur: The nomination process for the first-ever elections to Mangalagiri-Tadepalli Municipal Corporation, Bapatla, Narasaraopet and Ponnuru municipality in the erstwhile Guntur district began on Saturday. MTMC elections had been delayed for a long time due to pending cases in High Court concerning merger of neighbouring villages into the corporation.

MTMC Commissioner Sk Aleem Basha said the corporation had made all necessary arrangements to receive nominations for the elections. He inspected nominations receiving centres and examined the process. Mangalagiri CI Veera Swamy said one person will be allowed to file nomination along with the candidate.

So far bind- over cases were booked against 70 trouble mongers and police department has made elaborate security arrangements at MTMC office for receiving nominations. Similarly, nomination process for Bapatla, Narasaraopet and Ponnuru Municipality also started.

According to the schedule released by the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission for 23 urban local bodies, whose elections had been pending due to legal hurdles, nominations will be accepted till November 16.

Scrutiny of nominations will be held on November 17, while the deadline for withdrawal of nominations is November 19. Polling will be held on November 26 and counting of votes and results will be declared on November 30.

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