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Polling for Andhra Pradesh's MPTC and ZPTC elections began across 31,460 centres on Thursday with over 2.61 crore voters eligible to cast their ballots. The State Election Commission deployed extensive security and polling staff, with additional forces in sensitive districts. Polling was postponed in a few mandals of Eluru and East Godavari districts due to heavy rain.

At a meeting organised here on Tuesday, the District Collector briefed about the elaborate arrangements put in place for the elections

Holding the voter slips and identity proofs, most of them arrived at the polling centres early in the day