Andhra Pradesh Local Body Election Results: Counting Of Votes Underway

New Delhi: All arrangements are in place for the counting of votes for elections held for 571 Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTC) and 45 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTC) in Andhra Pradesh. The counting will start at 8 am and a final result is expected to be declared by the evening. Authorities have also imposed Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to avoid any untoward incident. The entire process of counting would be videographed.

“I want to ensure that the entire district administration is involved and the counting personnel should be thorough with all the procedures, like identifying a valid vote etc. Adequate security should be provided when the ballot boxes are transported from strong rooms to counting halls. Security should be beefed up in sensitive areas,’’ The Hindu quoted State Election Commissioner Neelam Sawhney as saying.

Earlier, the results were scheduled for April 10. But while hearing petitions of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Jana Sena Party (JSP), the Andhra Pradesh High Court had stalled the counting process.  However, last week, a division bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court headed by Chief Justice AK Goswami and also comprising Justice J Umadevi allowed the AP government to take up the counting of votes polled in the Mandal and Zilla Parishad elections on April 8, 2021.

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• Counting of votes for 571 Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTC) and 45 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTC) begins. 
• Last year, the YSRC had won 2,271 MPTC and 126 ZPTC seats unopposed. The TDP had bagged 100 MPTCs unanimously.