Hyderabad, Oct. 20: A total of 22,806 nominations have been declared valid for the Andhra Pradesh urban local body elections scheduled for October 28, according to the State Election Commission (SEC). Election officials rejected 1,531 nominations during scrutiny on Monday.
The nominations cover ward members, mayors and chairpersons across municipal corporations, municipalities and nagar panchayats.
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For mayoral posts across municipal corporations, municipalities and nagar panchayats, 1,213 nominations were found valid. These included 286 nominations for mayoral posts in 13 municipal corporations.
The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which leads the NDA in Andhra Pradesh, received 46 nominations for mayoral posts. Its ally Jana Sena fielded eight candidates, while the BJP submitted four nominations. The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) filed 47 nominations, while the Congress fielded 35 candidates. A total of 93 independent nominations were also found valid.
For chairperson posts in 86 municipalities and nagar panchayats, 927 nominations were declared valid out of 1,027 received. The TDP accounted for 246 valid nominations, followed by the Jana Sena with 84 and the BJP with 20. The YSRCP had 277 valid nominations, while the Congress had 76.
For 922 municipal corporation ward member posts, the SEC received 8,217 nominations, of which 7,610 were found valid. The TDP had 2,752 valid nominations, Jana Sena 972 and the BJP 332. The YSRCP recorded 2,129 valid nominations, while the Congress had 194.
For 2,988 ward member posts in municipalities and nagar panchayats, 15,196 nominations were found valid. The TDP accounted for 6,032 nominations, followed by the YSRCP with 5,497. Jana Sena had 1,290 valid nominations and the BJP 508. The Congress recorded 191 nominations.
The SEC’s scrutiny process has established the number of candidates eligible to contest in the upcoming urban local body elections.
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