ECI sounds poll bugle for election in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Legislative Councils

The election will be conducted for 14 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and two seats in the Upper House of Telangana.

ByRaj Rayasam

Published Feb 09, 2023 | 6:14 PMUpdatedFeb 09, 2023 | 6:41 PM

The election would be held for the 16 seats in both states on 13 March, and the counting of votes would take place on 16 March.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday, 9 February, sounded the poll bugle for the election to 14 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and two in the Upper House of Telangana.

The election would be held for the 16 seats in both states on 13 March, and the counting of votes would take place on 16 March.

The notification for receiving nominations would be issued on 16 February.

The last date for receipt of nominations would be 23 February and scrutiny would be on the next day, 24 February.

The withdrawal of nominations would be allowed till 27 February.

Of the 14 seats in Andhra Pradesh, the election would be held for three graduates, two teachers, and nine local authorities constituencies.

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Andhra Pradesh 

The nine local authorities seats in Andhra Pradesh, mentioned with their incumbents, are:

  • Anantapur: (Deepak Reddy Gunapati retires on 29 March)
  • Kadapa (Mareddy Ravindranath Reddy alias B Tech Ravi retires on 29 March)
  • Nellore (Vakati Narayan Reddy retires on 1 May)
  • Two seats in West Godavari (Angara Rama Mohan and Mantehna Venkata Satyanrayaan Raju retire on 1 May)
  • Three seats in East Godavari (Chikkala Ramachandra Rao, Vijayarama Raju, and BN Rajasimhulu retire on 1 May)
  • Kurnool (KE Prabhakar retires on 1 May)

The three graduate seats in Andhra Pradesh, with their incumbents, are:

  • Prakasam-Nellore-Chittoor (Yandapalli Srinivasul Reddy retires on 29 March)
  • Kadapa-Anantapur-Kurnool (Gopal Reddy Vennapusa retires on 29 March)
  • Srikakulam-Vizianagaram-Visakhapatnam (PVN Madhav retires on 29 March)

The two teachers seats in Andhra Pradesh, mentioned with their incumbents, are:

  • Prakasam-Nellore-Chittoor: Vitapu Balasubrahmanyam, retiring on 29 March
  • Kadapa-Anantapur-Kurnool: Katti Narasimha Reddy, retiring on 29 March

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Telangana

Of the two seats in Telangana, the election would be held for the Hyderabad Local Authorities constituency and the other for Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahabubangar Teachers’ constituency.

The incumbents of the two seats are Syed Aminul Hasan Jafri (Hyderabad Local Authorities) and Katepally Janardhan Reddy (Mabhbubnagar, Rangareddy, Hyderabad Teachers’ constituency).

Jafri will retire from the Council on 1 May and Janardhan Reddy on 29 March.