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Malappuram territory registered 77.41% polling erstwhile elections to the district’s 122 civic bodies were held connected Thursday (December 11). Polling began astatine 7 a.m. connected a brisk enactment and continued enthusiastically passim the day. The nonstop polling figures were yet to look arsenic voters remained successful the queue adjacent aft the ballot formally closed astatine 6 p.m. All those successful the queue astatine polling stations were allowed to vote.
Of the district’s 36.18 lakh voters, arsenic galore arsenic 28.01 lakh (77.41 %) had exercised their franchise astatine 8 p.m.
Interestingly, astir 2.7 lakh much women voted than men successful the district. Of the 18.78 lakh registered women voters, 15.35 lakh (81.7%) turned retired to vote, portion lone 12.65 lakh (72.71%) of the 17.40 lakh men voters exercised their franchise.
Voters queuing extracurricular a polling booth astatine MSP Higher Secondary School, Malappuram, connected December 11. | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN
Among the 12 municipalities successful the district, Manjeri municipality, which has the largest fig of voters (82,902), registered the highest polling (82.87%), followed by Malappuram (79.71%), Tanur (79.27%), Valanchery (78.22%) and Parappanangadi (78.02%). Ponnani municipality registered the lowest polling (73.08%).
Out of the 15 blocks successful the district, Areekode registered 82.91% polling, followed by Kalikavu artifact (79.87%), Kondotty artifact (79.7%), Nilambur (79.47%), and Malappuram (79.33%). Perumpadappu artifact registered the lowest polling with 69.31%.
Long queues formed extracurricular astir polling stations successful the territory since greeting arsenic voters turned retired enthusiastically to elite their representatives to the municipalities and the three-tier panchayat bodies. The polling was, by and large, incident-free.
Indian Union Muslim League State president Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal (second from left) showing his ink-smeared digit aft casting his ballot astatine Panakkad connected December 11. | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN
Elections were held to 122 civic bodies successful the district, including 94 grama panchayats, 12 municipalities and 15 artifact panchayats. In total, the portion comprises 2,789 wards and divisions: 2,001 grama panchayat wards, 505 municipal divisions, 250 artifact panchayat divisions and 33 territory panchayat divisions.
The territory had 8,381 candidates. Of them, 6,002 were vying for seats successful grama panchayats, 819 successful artifact panchayats, 1,434 successful municipalities, and 126 successful the territory panchayat.
Of the district’s 4,343 polling stations, 3,777 were successful panchayats and 566 successful municipalities. Polling successful 295 delicate and hyper-sensitive booths was webcast live.
Tribal voters getting disconnected a wood conveyance to ballot astatine a polling booth astatine Nedumkayam adjacent Karulai, Nilambur, connected December 11. | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN
A full of 20,848 officials, including 3,476 reserve personnel, were deployed for predetermination duty. The territory utilized 5,899 power units and 16,172 ballot units for polling successful Malappuram.
The votes volition beryllium counted connected Saturday (December 13) astatine 27 centres successful the district. Schools and colleges which relation arsenic counting centres volition not relation connected Friday and Saturday.
