MPTC and ZPTC Election Polling Concludes in Andhra Pradesh

Polling for the Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) elections concluded peacefully across Andhra Pradesh. Elections were conducted for 582 ZPTC and 7,767 MPTC seats across 28 districts. Polling staff closed the gates of polling stations at 5 PM. However, voters who were already standing in queues before the deadline were issued tokens and allowed to cast their votes. A total of 40,679 personnel were deployed across 31,472 polling stations spread over 17,555 polling areas to ensure the smooth conduct of the elections.

DGP Harish Kumar Gupta stated that a comprehensive investigation would be conducted into incidents reported during polling and legal action would be taken against those found violating election rules. He also said that elaborate security arrangements had been made for transporting ballot boxes to strong rooms after polling. The counting of votes for the MPTC and ZPTC elections is scheduled for the 7th of this month.