HYDERABAD: Elections to rural local bodies in Telangana will be held in five phases in October-November, the State Election Commission announced on Monday.
Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs), Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTCs) and Gram Panchayats will go to polls.
Elections to MPTCs and ZPTCs will be held in two phases on October 23 and 27, while Gram Panchayats will go to polls in three phases on October 31, November 4 and November 8.
Over 1.67 crore voters will be able to cast their votes in these elections. State Election Commissioner Rani Kumudini announced the much-awaited election schedule.
Votes polled in ZPTCs and MPTCs will be counted on November 11, while counting in gram panchayats will be taken up after the polling.
Elections will be conducted in 565 mandals in 31 districts. Polling will be held for 565 ZPTCs, 5, 749 MPTCs, 12, 733 gram panchayats and 1, 12, 288 wards.
The polling will be conducted by using ballot boxes and ballot papers. The ballot boxes have been borrowed from Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
The State Election Commissioner said that the number of voters is 1, 67, 03, 168, comprising 81, 65, 894 males, 85, 36, 770 females and 504 others.