2nd phase of Andhra Pradesh panchayat polls on Feb 13

As many as 2,786 panchayats in Andhra Pradesh are set to go for polls in the second phase on Saturday.

The panchayat polls began from February 9 and would goon till February 21 in four phases, a press release from thePanchayat Raj Department said on Friday.

The first phase was held on February 9.

Elections would be held to elect 20,817 ward members, the release said.

Polling would begin from 6.30 AM and go on till 3.30 pm while counting of votes would begin at 4 PM.

Though the elections were to be held for 3,328 Panchayatsarpanchs, 539 have been unanimously elected while no nomination was filed for three villages, it said.

As many as 7,507 candidates are contesting for sarpanch posts and 44.876 are in the fray for ward members.

The elections are held using ballot paper and without any political party symbols.

Totally, 29,304 polling stations were set up out of which5,480 have been identified as sensitive and 4,181hypersensitive, the release said.

All necessary precautions are in place as per COVID-19protocols amid tight security and PPE kits would be provided to infected voters.