Voting for 1st phase of Madhya Pradesh civic body elections on July 6

A total of 10.4 million voters are expected to exercise their franchise in the first phase of MP urban body elections

Polling for the first phase of elections to 133 urban bodies in 49 Madhya Pradesh districts will be held on Wednesda. A total of 101 candidates are contesting the mayor's post in 11 municipal corporations.

At least 11,250 candidates are contesting for 2,808 posts of corporators and as many as 13,148 booths have been set up for these elections. These include 16 municipal corporations (tier 1, or the largest body in the three-tier system), 99 nagar palika parishads (tier 2 bodies) or municipalities and 298 nagar parishads (tier 3 bodies).

A total of 10.4 million voters are expected to exercise