Vizianagaram district administration made all arrangements for the counting of votes with regard to seven Assembly constituencies and one Parliament seat at JNTU-GV University and Lendi Institute of Engineering and Technology (LIET).
As many as 77 candidates contested in seven Assembly segments and 15 persons are in the fray for MP seat. In the previous election, YSRCP won all the seats such as Vizianagaram, Nellimarla, Gajapathinagaram Bobbili, Rajam, Cheepurupalli and S.Kota.
It also won the Vizianagaram MP seat. The main contest is between the YSRCP sitting MP Bellana Chandrasekhar and TDP MP candidate Kalisetti Appala Naidu. Cheepurupalli Assembly segment also drew the attention of the State as Minister for Education and YSRCP nominee Botcha Satyanarayana and former Minister and TDP candidate Kala Venkata Rao are in the electoral battle.
Both the YSRCP and the TDP are hopeful to win maximumm number of seats while saying that 81.05% votes, the highest turnout, would favour them in the election. As many as 19,738 postal ballots were received this time. Their counting will take place first and later the polled votes in EVMS will be counted.
