VISAKHAPATNAM: Polling for the fourth phase of
panchayat
elections concluded without incident in north Andhra.
Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam saw votes being cast since Sunday morning. Counting operations started in the evening.
Fourth phase polling took place in six mandals of Visakhapatnam district, ten mandals of Vizianagaram district and nine mandals of
Srikakulam district
.
Voting took place for 274 sarpanch posts and 2,653 ward member posts in Srikakulam district; 103 sarpanch posts and 904 ward member posts in Visakhapatnam district and 238 sarpanch posts and 1,908 ward member posts in Vizianagaram district.
Vizianagaram district collector M Hari Jawaharlal said that the district reported 87.09 per cent polling, the highest in the state, on Sunday. The district collector further said that Vizianagaram polled the highest percentage of votes, 87.09 per cent, in the third phase of panchayat polls as well.
Visakhapatnam district registered 86.94 per cent polls in the fourth phase. Srikakulam district registered 83.81 per cent polling.
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