First phase GP polls: Congress-backed candidates win lion’s share in Khammam

KHAMMAM/KARIMNAGAR/ADILABAD

Candidates supported by the ruling Congress won the lion’s stock of Gram Panchayats, which went to polls successful the archetypal phase, successful Khammam district.

Khammam recorded 90.08% elector turnout with 2,16,767 voters retired of the full 2,40,650 electors exercising their franchise successful the archetypal phase. The elections to 192 Gram Panchayats successful Khammam territory were held connected Thursday.

Of these, the Congress-backed candidates reportedly emerged victorious successful 114 and the BRS-backed candidates successful 34 and Independent candidates successful 17, erstwhile the reports past came in. Vote counting continued till precocious evening connected Thursday.

Karimnagar territory and Adilabad territory witnessed a elector turnout of 81.42% and 77.52% respectively successful the archetypal signifier of panchayat polls.

In Karimnagar district, the Congress-backed candidates won a bulk of the panchayats followed by BJP and the BRS. The BJP-backed candidates and Independent candidates person enactment up an awesome show successful respective panchayats, hitherto considered arsenic accepted strongholds of the Congress and the BRS.