The State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday released the schedule for the second ordinary elections to rural local bodies, setting the stage for polling across Telangana.

The SEC announced that the election notification will be issued on October 9. Polling will be held in all 31 districts covering 565 mandals, with elections to 5,749 Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTCs) and 565 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs).

The Commission said ballot boxes and papers will be used for polling, with ballot boxes borrowed from Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. A total of 1.67 crore rural voters, including 81.65 lakh men, 85.36 lakh women and 504 others, are eligible to exercise their franchise.

Meetings with senior State officials, including the Chief

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