Voter apathy is one thing found absent in the former composite Adilabad district during the four elections held in erstwhile united Adilabad district since the December 7, 2018 Assembly election. The polling percentages recorded in that election and the subsequent Panchayat, Parliament and Zilla Parishad Election buttress this point of view. Though dissolution of the State Assembly took place only on September 6 last year, the mood for early election to State Assembly had set in at least one month before that, given the indicators put out by the State government. “You do not have to look far for the reason for the sustained interest of voters in elections. The turnout was almost same in the Panchayat election but was lower at 72 per cent in the Parliament election.

Source: The Hindu May 16, 2019 18:45 UTC