Elections for the 175-member Assembly and 25 LS seats in Andhra Pradesh are scheduled on 13 May and counting of votes will be on 4 June.
The Election Commission on 6 May censured YSRCP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu for violating the Model Code, directing them to “remain careful during public utterances”. It said the leaders have exchanged derogatory personal attacks during public meetings over the past several days.