On Friday, Lingojiguda by-election under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation was concluded peacefully. Let us share here that total 27.62 voters cast their vote in the polling. As per recent updates, 13,591 people cast their vote in the 57 polling stations set up in the ward. The turnout of 27.62 per cent was against the 48.83 per cent recorded when the GHMC elections were held in December last year.

Here it is to be noted that  the footfall increased as the day passed. The polling percentage which stood at 5.6 per cent by 9 am increased to 12.53 per cent by 11am. As the polling progressed, the percentage increased to 22.37 per cent by 3 pm with 27.62 per cent being recorded when polling ended at 5pm. Officials deployed on election duty said all the Covid-19 norms were followed during the polling process. A GHMC official said “We have followed all Covid-19 guidelines and election norms,” adding that after the polling, the ballot boxes were taken to the Victoria Memorial Home School, Kothapet which is the Distribution, Reception and Counting (DRC) centre.

However, To be noted that the by-poll was necessitated following the demise of Lingojiguda corporator-elect Akula Ramesh Goud, who had contested on behalf of the BJP in the December 2020 elections. The TRS had decided not to contest the by-poll on humanitarian grounds.

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