With an end to the first phase of the Andhra Pradesh Grama Panchayat elections, the State Election Commission (SEC) started preparation for the second phase.
The A.P., Grama Panchayat is a four phase election being held from the 9th of February till the 21st of February.
For the second phase elections, which is scheduled on the 13th of February, the SEC announced 539 sarpanch posts to be elected unanimously, which means there would be no competition for the elected 539 sarpanches in the second phase of the Grama Panchayat elections. For the remaining 3,328 sarpanch posts, there would be a tough fight between 7,519 candidates. After unanimous election of 539 sarpanches, there would be 2,789 remaining sarpanch positions.
In addition, a total of 33,570 ward posts would be during the second phase, of which in 12,605 would be elected unanimously.
There would be 44,879 candidates in the fray for 20,965 ward positions.
The deadline for candidates to campaign in the villages for the second phase of elections is till 7:30 P.M., of the 11th of February.
The polling for the second phase of the Grama Panchayat elections would be held from 6:30 A.M., and would continue till the 3:30 P.M., of the 13th of February.
The counting of the votes would begin the same day after 4:00 P.M.
Stay tuned for further updates.
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