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Prakasam Collector P Raja Babu announced municipal polling on October 28 and three-phase gram panchayat polls starting November 26 as MCC comes into force.
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Prakasam district collector P Raja Babu announcing Model Code of Conduct for civic body elections in Ongole on Wednesday
Ongole: Prakasam district collector P Raja Babu said that the Model Code of Conduct has come into force from Wednesday as the schedule for municipal elections was released by the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission. Speaking at a press meet at the Collectorate on Wednesday, the Collector said that the notification for municipal corporations and municipalities was issued on Wednesday, and nominations will be accepted from October 16 and the last date is October 18. Scrutiny will be held on October 19.
Candidates can withdraw by 3 pm on October 21, and the final list will be out the same day. Polling will be on October 28, and counting will be on October 30. For MPTC and ZPTC polls, the Collector said that the notification will come on October 19. Polling will be on November 3 and counting on November 5.
He said that the gram panchayat polls will be held in three phases. Phase one polling will be on November 26. In Prakasam, polls will be held in Ongole Corporation, Addanki, Chimakurthi and Darsi, excluding Kandukur. The number of wards has risen from 110 to 150. There are 277565 voters and the polling stations have increased from 294 to 354.
Raja Babu said that the polls will be held with ballot papers but not EVMs. He announced the spending limits are Rs 25 lakh for a Mayor and Rs 10 lakh for a corporation ward member, he informed.
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