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The A.P. authorities connected Tuesday (March 10) issued a authorities bid for the assignment of peculiar officers successful 86 municipality section bodies (ULBs), wherever the word of elected representatives is coming to an end.
There are a full of 123 ULBs successful the State. In 2021, the municipal elections were held successful 2 phases, 1 successful March and different successful November. While 87 ULBs went for polls successful March, 13 went for polls successful November. Except for Eluru, wherever the elected body’s word volition implicit by July 2026, the word of the elected bodies of 86 ULBs volition beryllium coming to an extremity connected March 17, 2026. The word of the 13 ULBs volition beryllium coming to an extremity connected November 22, 2026. In the remaining 23 ULBs, elections are pending owed to ineligible impediments.
In presumption of the Census-2027, which volition beryllium conducted crossed the state betwixt April and September, 2026, elections for the ULBs volition beryllium delayed. According to the G.O.RT.No. 284, the peculiar officers volition beryllium successful complaint of the ULBs for six months oregon until the elections for the ULBs are conducted, whichever is earlier.
Out of 86 poll-bound ULBs, determination are 11 municipal corporations and 75 municipalities/nagar panchayats. The 11 municipal corporations see Kadapa, Chittoor, Kurnool, Anantapur, Tiripati, Ongole, Guntur, Vijayawada, Machilipatnam, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram. District Collectors person been appointed the peculiar officers for each the municipal corporations, successful accordance to the A.P. Municipal Corporations Act, 1994.
For the municipalities, associated collectors, gross divisional officers, peculiar lawman collectors and others person been appointed arsenic the peculiar officers, successful accordance to the A.P. Municipalities Act, 1965.
