Polling begins for first phase of Gram Panchayat elections in Andhra Pradesh

Polling has begun for the first phase of Gram Panchayat elections across 12 Districts in Andhra Pradesh. Atleast 43,601 candidates are in fray for the 20,157 ward members in this phase. State election commission has set up 29,732 polling



stations.

Out of which 3,458 have been identified as sensitive and 3,594 as hyper sensitive. Polling, which began at 6.30 AM, will end at 3.30 PM. Counting of votes will be taken up at 4 PM. The polls will go till February 21 in four phases.