1499 candidates in fray for GHMC polls
Hyderabad, Jan 21 (INN): GHMC Commissioner and Election Authority Dr. B. Janardhan Reddy informed that a total of 1499 candidates are in fray for GHMC elections scheduled to be held on 2nd February.
Speaking to media persons here on Thursday evening, Dr. Janardhan Reddy said that of 2,713 valid nominations, a total of 1,214 have withdrawn and therefore, as many as 1,499 candidates are in fray for the GHMC elections.
Those who have withdrawn from elections include TRS - 307, TDP ' 252, BJP ' 182, INC ' 230, BSP ' 16, AIMIM ' 6, CPI ' 2, CPM ' 2, YSRCP ' 2 and Independents ' 192. He said that figures pertaining to other parties were yet to be received.
Dr. Janardhan Reddy said that in the presence of Election Observers and representatives of various political parties, the first randomonisation of EVMs would be taken up at the GHMC Head Office at 10AM on Friday. The second level of randomonisation will be held on 28th and 29th of January at circle levels.
The Election Authority said that so far 891,183 voter slips have been distributed to the households at their door step. So far nearly 218,305 voter slips have been downloaded through website and mobile app. There are around 7,792 total polling stations including 35 Auxiliary Polling Stations.
Meanwhile, the State Election Commission has informed that the notification for the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor would be issued on 6th February and Mayor and Deputy Mayor elections will be held on 11th February.
Additional Commissioners Surendra Mohan, Bhaskara Chary and Jayaraj Kennedy and senior officials from GHMC have participated.
News Posted: 21 January, 2016
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