Hyderabad: The Telangana State Election Commission (TSEC) issued notice on Thursday for polls to 2 community corporations and 5 municipalities.

The ballot will be hung on April 30 and the counting on May 3.

Up for polls are the community corporations of Greater Warangal and Khammam as likewise the municipalities of Atchampet, Siddipet, Nakrekal, Jadcherla and Kothur.

This apart, the election for the Lingojiguda department under GHMC limitswill also be held.

The seat fell uninhabited due to the death of BJP corporator not long after the GHMC polls in December 2020.

The election procedure will start on Friday and the last day of elections is April 18.

The analysis of elections will happen on April 19 and the last date of withdrawal is April 22.

The notification came as a surprise, much like the GHMC election alert in November 2020.

While the opposition parties were expecting these surveys in May after Nagarjunasagar assembly bypoll result on May 2, the ruling TRS has sprung a surprise by suggesting the holding of the elections even prior to the result of Nagarjunasagar bypoll is out.

These elections will mark the end of the elections in Telangana from village-level to national-level and there will, in typical course, be no other election in Telangana until the December 2023 assembly polls.Hence, these elections will assist all parties to evaluate the pulse of the voters.Elections will be held for 248 divisions and wards in the above corporations and municipalities.While GWMC has 66 departments, KMC has 60 departments.

There are 20 wards in Atchampet, 43 in Siddipet, 20 in Nakrekal, 27 in Jadcherla and 12 in Kothur municipalities.

The elections will be held through tally papers.As many as 11,26,221 citizens-- including 5,53,862 male and 5,72,121 woman-- will be entitled to exercise their franchise.