Daijiworld Media Network – Andhra Pradesh (AM)

Amaravati (AP), Apr 11: While huge number of voters lined up to exercise their franchise to vote to elect 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha members in Andhra Pradesh, electronic voting machines (EVMs) glitches were reported leading to delay in polling.

State Chief Electoral Officer Gopal Krishna Dwivedi cast his vote in Tadepalli and said there were complaints about technical glitches in EVMs in about 50 places. He said that technical teams were on the job to rectify the defects and enable polling.

Earlier, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his family members exercised their franchise at a polling station in Undavalli village in the state capital region Amaravati. His son Nara Lokesh is the TDP candidate from Mangalagiri Assembly segment that covers Undavalli.

YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy cast his vote in his native Pulivendula in Kadapa district, from where he is seeking re-election.

As many as 2,118 and 319 candidates are in the fray for 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats respectively.