Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election 2021: As many as 7,506 candidates contested for sarpanch posts
and 43,601 were in the fray for ward members. (IE)Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election 2021 Phase 1 Results Live Updates: The final result for the 3,249 panchayat seats that went to poll on February 9 has been declared. According to latest reports, Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YCP has swept the polls by bagging 2657 seats. On the other hand, TDP has emerged as distant second with 501 seats. BJP in alliance with Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party have won 46 seats and other including independents have won on 45 seats. The State Election Commission said that the first phase of polling for 2,723 panchayats in Andhra Pradesh ended peacefully with 81.42 per cent turnout. The counting of votes commenced at 4pm yesterday and results for all the seats is likely to be announced today. In the first phase, 7,506 candidates were in the contest for over 2,700 gram panchayats. Voting began at 6.30 AM and ended at 3.30 PM.
Besides panchayats, elections were held to elect 20,157 ward members. In the first phase, elections were to be held for 3,249 panchayats but 525 had already been unanimously elected and no nomination was filed for a village in Nellore district. The elections are being held using ballot paper. The elections will be conducted in four phases till February 21. As per data available, the first phase of elections saw around 82 percent polling. The State Election Commission said the first phase of polling in the state ended peacefully with 81.78 per cent turnout. The SEC, however, did not provide the total number of eligible voters. “The State Election Commission expresses its satisfaction on completion of Phase-I elections to Gram Panchayats in the state. The percentage of polling recorded is 81.42, which is satisfactory. Krishna District has recorded the highest percentage of 85.06,” it said as reported by PTI. Krishna District has recorded the highest percentage of 85.06 polling,” the SEC said.
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Of the 3,249 panchayats, results have been declared for 2850 seats. YCP has won 2319 seats so far, TDP 44, BJP and its local allies 31 and other including independents have won on 56 seats.
Final voter turnout in the first phase of Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election was 81.42 per cent, according to the latest data from the state election commission.
Andhra Panchayat Election 2021: The first phase of polling for 2,723 panchayats in the state ended peacefully with 81.78 per cent turnout, the State Election Commission said on Tuesday. The SEC, however, did not provide the total number of eligible voters. "The State Election Commission expresses its satisfaction on completion of Phase-I elections to Gram Panchayats in the state. The percentage of polling recorded is 81.78, which is satisfactory. Krishna District has recorded the highest percentage of 85.06," it said. (PTI)
The commission has set up 29,732 polling stations. Of these, 3,458 have been identified as sensitive and 3,594 hypersensitive.
Andhra Pradesh Municipal Election Results 2021 Live: The gram panchayat elections are being held using ballot paper.
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSRCP, Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP and Pawan Kalyan’s Jan Sena are three main regional parties in Andhra Pradesh.
The panchayat elections don’t take place on party symbols. However, majority of candidates are backed by regional and national parties.
Y S Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, today held talks with her late father's sympathisers, triggering speculations of her possible political entry in Telangana. Sharmila's father and late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, widely known as YSR, was the Chief Minister of united Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. The Congress leader died in a chopper crash in September 2009. There have been rumours doing rounds on social media for the past few days that Sharmila plans to start a political party in Telangana state without her brother's intervention. She is believed to be in touch with some prominent political leaders, who were closely associated with late Rajasekhara Reddy, eliciting their suggestions and opinion on bringing "Rajanna Rajyam" (Rajasekhara Reddy's regime) in Telangana.
Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Elections 2021 Live News: Besides panchayats, elections are also being held to elect 20,157 ward members in Andhra. The state election commission has announced to hold the polls in four phases starting today. The fourth and last phase will be held on February 21.
Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election 2021: Till 2.30 PM, most of the panchayats recorded nearly 80 per cent polling. The final figures are yet to be released. While 81.12 per cent polling was recorded in Vijayawada division till 2.30 pm, Chittoor recorded 79.33 per cent voting. 79.51 per cent polling was reported in Kurnool district and 71.63 per cent in Kadapa division. Anantapur division has recorded 79.35% polling by 2.30 pm.
Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Polls: In a notification, the state election commissioner recently directed the District Collectors to undertake the election work without disruption by deploying the state government employees and members of state public sector, all the state government organisations and members of all state corporations and other entities in the first instance. He also said that all the the Central government employees and members of public sector undertakings shall only be used as a last resort if inadequacies persist with regard to poll personnel.
IN January, Panchayat Raj Principal Secretary G K Dwivedi said that the SEC had adamantly announced the poll schedule without considering the state governments views. "It is a brazen display of arrogance of power," Dwivedi said in a statement. Ahead of this statement, Andhra Chief Secretary, along with Principal Secretaries Anil Kumar Singhal (Health) and Gopal Krishna Dwivedi (Panchayat Raj), held a meeting with the SEC as per the directions of the High Court. In the meeting, the state officials said they were not ready to conduct the elections as the government machinery would be engaged with the administration of coronavirus vaccine. However, the SEC went ahead with the announcement of the schedule.
Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Elections 2021 Live Updates: Till 11 AM, highest turnout was recorded in Srikakulam (46 per cent), followed by Vizag (41), Chittor (39), Guntur (38), Anantapur (35), Kadappa (29), and Nellore (27).
Andhra Panchayat Election: The SEC had overruled the objections raised by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government and announced the schedule for conduct of elections to gram panchayats in four phases. State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, with whom the Jagan regime has been engaged in a battle since March last year, announced the schedule hours after his meeting with Chief Secretary Aditya Nath Das and other top officials. The government had said that the announcement of gram panchayat poll schedule was unilateral and amounted to violation of the Supreme Court orders.
Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election 2021: State Election Commissioner Ramesh Kumar recently said that the Panchayat Raj Principal Secretary and the Commissioner failed completely in providing the latest electoral rolls. "As a result of their negligent and irresponsible action, a grave situation has arisen wherein 3.6 lakh young voters who crossed the age of 18 years stand to lose their constitutional right to adult franchise.The Commission has taken it very seriously," Ramesh Kumar said.
Polling for over 2700 panchayats are underway and the counting of votes will take place at 4 PM.
Srikakulam: 321
Visakhapatnam: 340
East Godavari: 366
West Godavari: 239
Krishna: 234
Guntur: 337
Prakasam: 229
SPSR Nellore: 163
Chittoor: 454
YSR Kadapa: 206
Kurnool: 193
Ananthapuramu: 169
Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election 2021: Sambhunipalem village of Nellore district has boycotted the panchayat election. The people here are protesting the rejection of nominations of some local candidates.
Andhra Panchayat Election Live News: Till 10.30 AM, 29 per cent voting recorded in East Godavari district and 38.97 per cent in Chittoor division.
Andhra Panchayat Election 2021: First of four phase panchayat election is underway in Andha Pradesh. Polling for next three phases will take place on 13, 17 and 21 February. Polling will begin at 6.30 AM and will go on till 3.30. Counting of votes will begin soon after the voting is concluded.