Andhra Pradesh: Elections To 659 ZPTCs, 9,829 MPTCs On Nov. 3
Election commissioner Anil Punetha on Monday announced the schedule for the elections to MPTCs and ZPTC: Reports
VIJAYAWADA: The State Election Commission has issued notification for lections to 659 Zilla Parishad territorial constituencies and 9,829 Mandal Praja Parishad constituencies to elect their members in 28 Zilla Praja Parishads.
Out of the total 663 ZPTCs, no elections are taking place in four constituencies. Similarly, out of a total 9,858 MPTCs, elections are not slated for 29 constituencies.
Election commissioner Anil Punetha on Monday announced the schedule for the elections to MPTCs and ZPTC. Election notice will be issued by the returning officers on October 21. Nominations can be filed between 10.30am and 5pm; display of MPTC/ZPTC electoral roll would be done by the returning officer on October 21.
The last day for receipt of notations is October 23, upto 5pm. Security would be done the next day from 8am. Appeals against rejection of nominations can be filed before the appellate authority on October 25 upto 5pm. Disposal of appeals would be done by the authority on October 26.
The last day for withdrawal of candidatures is on October 27, before 3pm. Publication of the final list of candidates is on October 27.
Polling, wherever necessary, would be on November 3 -- from 7am to 5pm. Repoll, if any, would be on November 4.
Counting of votes and declaration of results would be done on November 5. The process starts at 8am.
Nearly 2.81 crore voters are entitled to exercise their franchise in the ZPTC and MPTC elections. Of them, 1.38 crore are male and 1.42 crore female voters.
The election commissioner said 35,333 polling stations are being set up. Of these, 9,966 are declared as sensitive while 9,186 are very sensitive and 16,181 polling stations are general.
Those contesting as MPTC members from the SC, ST and BC communities are to deposit `1,500 while others `3,000 per candidature. Similarly, the ZPTC members from the SC, ST and BC communities would deposit `3,000 while the others `6,000.
As for election expenditure, MPTC members can spend up to `4 lakh while ZPTC members up to `8 lakh.
The SEC said the municipal elections in Mydukuru have been withheld following a report from the Kadapa collector stating that some nomination papers in certain wards were found torn and also in view of minor altercation at some nomination filing centres in the district.
Panchayat raj commissioner Venkata Ramakrishna Teja said that except for four mandals in Amaravati region, the elections are to be held in 659 mandals for the positions of president of mandal praja parishad and 9,829 MPTCs. Some 35,333 polling stations have been set up in the state, and of them, the webcasting of the election process is arranged at 659 mandal-level polling stations and in 28 district-level polling stations.
