As vote counting for the Telangana Municipal Elections began across seven municipal corporations and 116 municipalities on Friday, the police and the Election Commission of India made necessary arrangements at all counting centres across the state.
District Magistrate of Warangal Satya Sharda said counting began at 8 am. She said that the counting of postal ballots was currently underway, with four tables set up in Wardhannapet and ten tables in Narsampet.
“In Warangal district, today, counting of votes began at 8 am. Right now, postal ballot counting has started and in Wardhannapet, there are 4 tables arranged and in Narsampet, 10 tables. We will issue the results as soon as counting is complete. Everything is in accordance with the Election Commission’s norms. As and when the results come ward-wise, we will be declaring,” Sharda told ANI.On Wednesday, elections were held in seven Municipal Corporations and 116 Municipalities across the state, covering 414 wards in the Corporations of Kothagudem, Karimnagar, Mahabubnagar, Mancherial, Nizamabad, Nalgonda and Ramagundam, and 2,582 wards in the 116 municipalities.
On February 10, a BJP candidate contesting the Makthal municipality, Erukali Mahadev, elections in Mahbubnagar district, died by suicide on the last day of campaigning, with his family alleging sustained harassment by political opponents and local leaders.
On Tuesday, the Telangana BJP strongly condemned what it termed as blatant intimidation by the ruling Congress, following the tragic death of its Makthal municipal candidate.