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Municipal Elections 2015

Municipal polls: Vote counting begins

Wed Dec 30, 2015 04:53 PM
Last update on: Wed Dec 30, 2015 05:03 PM

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Wed Dec 30, 2015 04:53 PM Last update on: Wed Dec 30, 2015 05:03 PM

Vote counting for the maiden partisan municipality election 2015 begins at 234 municipalities across the country after voting closes at 4:00pm today. Photo: STAR

Vote counting has begun as elections to 234 municipalities ended this afternoon.

Election officials started counting votes just after the closer of voting at 4:00pm.

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Voting of the country’s first partisan local body election began at 8:00am amid allegations of violence, clashes, rigging and boycott of opposition and independent candidates.