Andhra Pradesh local body elections

A.P. Minister asks cadre to strengthen grassroots ahead of local body elections

A.P. Minister asks party leaders and cadre to strengthen grassroots coordination

Local body polls: Guntur Municipality announces reservations for 76 wards

Nellore SP identifies sensitive villages ahead of local body polls

Ajitha Vejendla directs police to strengthen security, monitor trouble-makers and prevent a recurrence of election-related clashes

Control rooms to be set up across Konaseema for local body elections

No consensus yet on seat-sharing between NDA partners in local body elections

Negotiations hit a roadblock over Mayor posts with parties remaining firm on their respective positions on the number of seats and posts to be contested; decision likely in two days

Andhra Pradesh Local Body Elections Schedule Out: Check Dates

Polls for 100 urban local bodies are scheduled for October 28, with counting on 30 October.

Andhra Pradesh SEC announces poll schedule for local bodies

Thirteen Municipal Corporations and 87 Municipalities in the State to go to polls on October 28; the government is prohibited from launching new welfare schemes and development projects till the Model Code of Conduct is in force

Local body polls: Andhra Pradesh SEC appoints 28 IAS officers as general observers

Punetha highlights the importance of Poll Management App in sharing information on voter management, polling stations and election procedures

SEC allots free, common symbols to three parties for MPTC and ZPTC elections

The allotment of ‘bat’, ‘battery torch’ and ‘gas cylinder’ to JSSP, BCYP and RPC-S is a one-time facility and the parties are not automatically eligible to be given the same symbol in subsequent ordinary / casual elections, the SEC says in its Symbol Order

TDP urges SEC to rein in YSRCP leaders inciting violence ahead of local body elections

In clear violation of the Model Code of Conduct, the opposition party leaders perpetrated violence in the first hour of filing of nominations by attacking the TDP cadres and contestants with weapons, causing severe injuries to several people, alleges Varla Ramaiah

Police blame YSRCP for Andhra civic poll violence; TDP, Opposition trade charges

Police blame YSRCP for Andhra civic poll violence; TDP, Opposition trade charges

YSRCP and TDP blame each other for Pulivendula violence

While Kadapa MP Avinash Reddy accuses the police of trying to create scare among YSRCP activists, TDP leader ‘B.Tech’ Ravi says the YSR family and its supporters are finding it hard to stomach the large number of aspirants filing nominations in its citadel

Brahmin body demands representation for community in GVMC elections

Left parties, Congress back candidature of Venkateswara Rao for VMC Mayor post

Congress withdraws from the mayoral contest following an appeal made by the former IPS officer; CPI and CPI(M) reach an understanding on the corporator seats to be contested

Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP to skip Punganur civic body polls; Peddireddi, Midhun Reddy told to stay away from town

The announcement comes two days after TDP and YSRCP workers clashed on the first day of nominations for Punganur Municipality elections; multiple cases registered against YSRCP leaders and activists

Nominations end across 3 A.P. districts with no fresh violence after tense campaigning

Jagan alleges large-scale irregularities in local body poll nominations

Party candidates and workers are being threatened and attacked in several parts of the State, while the police and election authorities are failing to act impartially, alleges YSRCP president

TDP hopeful of a cakewalk in Kamalapuram Municipality as YSRCP stays away from contest

Party’s Kadapa Mayor candidate Matli Suvarna files her nomination; district police register cases on more than 500 people in Pulivendula for their alleged involvement in violent incidents on Saturday and place leaders of both parties under house arrest

Local body polls: Andhra Pradesh High Court rejects YSRCP’s plea seeking more time for filing nominations

A Division Bench refuses to interfere with the election process, saying that it could not act on it after the notification had been issued and the stipulated time lapsed,

Reconnecting with old contacts to seek support: candidates in Nellore gear up for local polls

TDP’s Pratyusha files nomination for KMC mayoral post