Polling for the high-octane Scheduled Castes-reserved Tirupati Lok Sabha by-poll started off on a smooth note on Saturday, an official in the Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer s (CEO) office confirmed."Polling started at 7 a.m. and .
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office said that Scheduled Caste reserved Tirupati Loksabha by-poll election has started on a smooth note on Saturday. The official said that the polling will go on till 7 p.m.
A total of 25 contestants are competing for the seat including M. Gurumoorthy from the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), Panabaka Lakshmi (TDP) and Ratna Prabha (BJP).
As many as 17.1 lakh voters are expected to exercise their franchise in 2,470 polling stations. There are 22,743 voters above 80 years of age, including 216 third gender voters. Voters above 80 years have been extended the postal ballot facility.