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Ministers A Indrakaran Reddy and Gangula Kamalakar will be observers for Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC).

The ward has a total electorate of 47,379 and 13,591 of them had cast their votes.

The State Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for counting the votes in municipalities and Municipal Corporations.

Of the total electorate of 6,64,188, 3,63,573 people exercised their franchise registering 54.74 per cent. The voting was conducted for the civic body on April 30

In the city's Beliaghata area, clashes broke out between two groups of people, following which the police resorted to mild lathicharge to disperse them.

BJP's Jorasanko candidate Meena Devi Purohit alleged that the crude bombs were hurled at her vehicle while she was touring different polling booths.

Over 84.77 lakh voters will decide the political fate of 283 candidates in this phase.

Security measures have been heightened in view of the violence in the previous phases, particularly the death of five people in Cooch Behar in the fourth round of polling.

The Election Commission has banned all victory processions on or after the day of counting of votes on May 2.

The counting of votes will be held in Assam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala and Puducherry on May 2.