Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh is going for the third phase of gram panchayat polls to elect 2,640 sarpanches and 19,607 ward members on Wednesday. The polling would be held from 6.30am to 3.30 pm.
The State Election Commission had notified plans to conduct polls in all 13 districts covering 160 mandals in phase-3. Out of the notified 3,221 positions of sarpanches, 579 were elected unanimously and the polling is to be held for 2,640 slots, with 7,756 contestants in the fray.
Similarly, out of the 31,516 positions of ward members notified in the 13 districts covering 160 mandals, 11,732 were elected unanimously and the polling would be held for 19,607 slots, for which there are 43,282 contestants.
Polling to be held district-wise will cover the following areas: Srikakulam-two revenue divisions-Srikakulam and Palakonda with nine mandals; Vizianagaram-Vizianagaram mandal with 19 mandals; Visakhapatnam-Paderu with 11 mandals; East Godavari-Rampachodavaram and Yetapaka with 11…