A 60.96% turnout was recorded in 91 city polls

Voters wait in a queue to exercise their right to vote at a polling station in Peda Jalaripeta, East Assembly constituency during the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) elections in Visakhapatnam on November 1, 2026. | Photo credit: V. Raju

The State Election Commission announced that the final voting percentage, recorded at 5 pm, stood at 60.96% in the 12 Municipal Corporations and 79 Municipalities and Nagar Panchayats that went to polls on November 1. In Greater Visakhapatnam, the turnout was 50.02% as of 3 pm, with the final report yet to be submitted.

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Out of 96,89,061 voters, 59,06,255 cast their votes. Chimakurthy village in Prakasam district recorded the highest voter turnout at 84.36%.

Kanigiri in Markapuram district (where elections were held in only two constituencies) had the second highest voter turnout of 83.86%, followed by Gudur (K) in Kurnool district with 83.73%.

Four other municipalities – Penukonda, Nandikotkur, Badvel and Nellimarla – had voting percentages exceeding 80%. Among the 12 municipal corporations whose final data was provided by the SEC, Ongole registered the highest polling percentage at 71.27% and Tirupati the lowest at 46.85.

Repolls

Meanwhile, the Commission ordered a rerun of polling in Polling Station 15/2 Ward No. 15 in Kadapa Municipal Corporation and Polling Stations 1/1, 3/1, 7/1 and 8/1 in Ward No. 1, 3, 7 and 8 in Pulivendula and Polling Stations 3/2, 17/1 and 2, 97/17 in Wards 17. Municipality Jammalamadugu based on stall capture.

Published – 02 Nov 2026 10:44 IST