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After a agelong wait, the elections to take the 13 members of the Andhra Pradesh Medical Council (APMC) volition beryllium held online connected February 9, announced Director of Secondary Health K.V.N. Chakradhar Babu, who is besides the and Returning Officer.
Addressing the media astatine his bureau successful Tadepalli connected Monday, Mr. Chakradhar Babu pointed retired that the elections are being conducted pursuing the A.P. High Court’s caller directive that the elections should beryllium held immediately. Mr. Chakradhar Babu added that for the archetypal clip successful the State, the elections for the assembly members volition beryllium held via online mode. A notification has been issued to this effect connected Monday, helium said.
The assembly is simply a 23-member body, with 13 members elected by doctors, six nominated posts and 4 ex-officio members. The past clip elections were held to take 13 members was successful 2006. The assembly functioned with an incomplete assemblage for a agelong time. For astir 10 months aft enactment of the NDA government, the State did not person a aesculapian assembly until an interim assembly was constituted successful March, 2025.
As per the Andhra Pradesh Medical Practitioners’ Registration Act, 1968, registered doctors, with qualifications of MBBS and more, are eligible to vote. At present, determination are 55,504 doctors successful the eligible voters’ list, of which 1,871 person renewed their registrations precocious and 316 person registered successful the past 1 month, the wellness authoritative said.
Of the full registered doctors, lone those who person been residing successful the State for much than 5 years are eligible to vote. According to a property enactment from the Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare, eligible doctors tin workout their voting rights from immoderate location. Nominations are accepted until January 27.
The last database of eligible contesting candidates volition beryllium announced connected February 2. On February 9, voters tin log successful to the website apmc.ap.gov.in and formed their ballot betwixt 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.. The results volition beryllium announced connected February 10.
APMC Registrar I. Ramesh, who was besides contiguous successful the property conference, said the elections are being held successful a transparent mode arsenic per the directions of the High Court.
