Vijayawada: The fourth phase of the gram panchayat elections will be held on Sunday and nearly 67.75 lakh voters are expected to cast their vote between 6.30 am and 3.30 pm.
Polling is scheduled to be held in 16 revenue divisions covering 161 mandals. Out of 3,299 positions of sarpanch notified, 554 were elected unanimously and no nominations were filed in two positions. Polling to be held for election of 2,743 sarpanches and 7,474 contestants are in the fray.
With regard to ward members, out of 33,435 posts notified, 10,921 were elected unanimously while no nominations were filed in 91 positions and with this, polling to be held for election of 22,423 ward members and 52,700 contestants are in the fray.
The authorities have set up 28,995 polling stations of which 6,047 have been identified as sensitive and 4,967 as hypersensitive. Security has been beefed up especially in these sensitive and hypersensitive polling stations.
Polling to be held in…