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Arunachal Pradesh records about 53% turnout for local body elections

Arunachal Pradesh recorded about 53 percent turnout for the local body elections held on Tuesday.<br />''<br />''While speaking to reporters last evening, State Election Commission Secretary Nyali Ete said that the voting percentage is likely to increase as the Commission is still receiving figures from the districts.<br />''<br />''Mr. Ete informed that the polling was largely peaceful across the state, apart from an incident of polling being stopped at 15 Yorkum polling centre in Kamle district after things went out of control over an argument of alleged double voting.<br />''<br />''He said repolling at the centre will be held tomorrow.<br />''<br />''Voting was held for 141 Zilla Parishad constituencies out of 242 and 1,702 Gram Panchayat seats out of 8,215, and 23 wards out of 28 under the two Municipal bodies- Itanagar Municipal Corporation and Pasighat Municipal Council.<br />''<br />''Altogether 6,500 candidates, including 99 for Zilla Parishads and 6401 for Gram Panchayat seats, were declared elected unopposed.<br />''Under Itanagar Municipal Council, five corporators were declared elected uncontested.<br />''<br />''Election for 110 Gram Panchayat seats was not held due to various reasons.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The State Election Commission will take a final call after the electoral process of the current phase is over.</span><br />

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