GP Polls: 90.08 per cent voting in Khammam; poll staff complain of poor facilities in Kothagudem

Khammam district recorded an impressive 90.08% turnout in the first phase gram panchayat polls, with several mandals crossing 90% voting. Kothagudem registered 71.79%, while Mahabubabad saw 86.69%. Counting was delayed in multiple mandals, and polling staff complained of lack of basic facilities

Khammam: Good voter turnout was witnessed in the first phase gram panchayat elections in Khammam on Thursday with a voting percentage of 90.08 recorded in the district.

District Collector Anudeep Durishetty said that 23.29 percent polling was recorded by 9 am, 52.25 percent by 11 am and 86.95 percent by 1 pm. Voters who reached the polling stations by 1 pm were allowed to vote, resulting in a polling percentage of 90.08 percent in the district.

The Collector stated that the polling percentages