Summary:
The polling for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commenced at 7 am today and is continuing in a peaceful manner for the last two hours.
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The polling for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commenced at 7 am today and is continuing in a peaceful manner for the last two hours.
Only 3.10 per cent of polling was recorded up to 9 am, in the first two hours.
With Sunday and Monday being holidays and Tuesday getting declared as a local holiday for polls, most of the people are said to have left the city for a family outing.
As many as 74,67,256 electors were expected to elect their Corporators in the polls.
As polling was being held after two days of holidays, there was less number of voters at several booths.
The poll percentage in Corporation polls hardly crossed 45 per cent in the previous elections.
Today, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy, TRS working president KT Rama Rao, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, and others exercised their franchise in the first two hours.
The polling will continue up to 6 pm.
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