A total of 4,14,01,887 voters, who include 2,03,39,851 male, 2,10,58,615 female and 3,421 third gender, are going to exercise their franchise across Andhra Pradesh on May 13 to elect 175 MLAs and 25 Lok Sabha members as a part of the fourth phase of the general elections. All arrangements have been made for the same by the Election Commission of India.
Addressing the media here at the Secretariat on Saturday, Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena said that the polling would be held from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. in 169 Assembly constituencies.
In the remaining six Assembly constituencies, the polling would conclude by 5 p.m. at Palakonda (ST), Kurupam (ST), Salur (ST) and by 4 p.m. at Araku Valley (ST), Paderu (ST) and Ramapachodavaram (ST), where there had been a threat of LWE activities in the past.
