Due to several legal and administrative issues, the TDP's initial intention to combine 24 villages into the rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation was scaled back to only ten villages. There is a great desire to have elections for the local governing body by december of this year, given that the Godavari Pushkaras are slated for 2027. With women constituting a sizable share of the vote, the population of the rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation has increased to almost 4 lakhs, from 3.14 lakhs according to figures from 2011. The population of the combined 10 villages is predicted to be more than 5 lakh, therefore the outcome of the next election will be significant in deciding how this ancient city is governed going forward.
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