2021 Andhra Pradesh rural local bodies elections

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Elections to Local bodies in Andhra Pradesh are being held in four phases in rural areas (panchayats) in February 2021 viz. 9 February 2021, 13 February 2021, 17 February 2021 and 21 February 2021 covering 13 districts.^[1]^[2] In the first phase, 29,732 polling stations were set up.^[3]

Urban local body elections to 12 municipal corporations and 75 municipal and town councils will be held on March 10, with a possible second round on March 13.^[4]

Elections in the state to district and township panchayats will be scheduled at a later date.^[5]

Background[edit]

Gram Panchayat elections[edit]

Election schedule[edit]

Phase 1[edit]

Local Body Election Event	Date
Election Date Announcement	29 January 2021
Last Date for Filling Nominations	31 January 2021
Scrutiny	1 February 2021
Withdrawal Last Date	4 February 2021
Voting	9 February 2021
Results	10 February 2021 (Total)

Phase 2[edit]

Local Body Election Event	Date
Election Date Announcement	2 February 2021
Last Date for Filling Nominations	4 February 2021
Scrutiny	5 February 2021
Withdrawal Last Date	8 February 2021
Voting	13 February 2021
Results	14 February 2021 (Total)

Phase 3[edit]

Local Body Election Event

Date

Election Date Announcement

6 February 2021

Last Date for Filling Nominations

8 February 2021

Scrutiny

9 February 2021

Withdrawal Last Date

12 February 2021

Voting

17 February 2021

Results

TBA

Phase 4[edit]

Local Body Election Event

Date

Election Date Announcement

10 February 2021

Last Date for Filling Nominations

12 February 2021

Scrutiny

13 February 2021

Withdrawal Last Date

16 February 2021

Voting

21 February 2021

Results

TBA

Elections held[edit]

Phase 1[edit]

District	No. of Grama Panchayatis	No. of Wards	Voting Turnout
Anantapuramu	169	1715
Chittoor	454	4142	79.33%
East Godavari	366	4100	82.81%
Guntur	337	3442
Kadapa	206	2068
Krishna	234	2502	86.06%
Kurnool	193	1922
Nellore	163	1566
Prakasam	229	2344
Srikakulam	319	2920	75.77%
Visakhapatnam	340	3250	84.23%
Vizianagaram	0	0	No election held
West Godavari	239	2552	80.29%
Total	3249	32502	81.78%

Phase 2[edit]

In the second phase, 539 sarpanch seats have been unanimously won, So, there is no election in those grama panchayatis. The elections were held in 18 revenue divisions and 167 mandals.


District	No. of Grama Panchayatis	No. of Wards	Voting Turnout
Anantapuramu	310		84.65%
Chittoor	276		77.20%
East Godavari	247
Guntur	236		85.51%
Kadapa	175		80.47%
Krishna	211		84.12%
Kurnool	240		80.76%
Nellore	194		78.04%
Prakasam	277		86.93%
Srikakulam	278
Visakhapatnam	261
Vizianagaram	415
West Godavari	210		81.75%
Total	3328	20	81.61%

Election results[edit]

District-wise[edit]

Anantapuramu[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	145	247	302	156
Telugu Desam Party	22	54	74	26
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

Chittoor[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	362	232	237	330
Telugu Desam Party	81	39	26	57
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

East Godavari[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	308	187	141	169
Telugu Desam Party	36	24	26	57
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

Guntur[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	263	188	130	189
Telugu Desam Party	62	44	3	68
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

Kadapa[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	179	154	164	210
Telugu Desam Party	25	19	23	0
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

Krishna[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	100	148	159	222
Telugu Desam Party	127	36	48	56
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

Kurnool[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	160	184	189	233
Telugu Desam Party	33	41	50	50
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

Nellore[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	137	162	280	210
Telugu Desam Party	23	27	57	22
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

Prakasam[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	177	238	251	181
Telugu Desam Party	46	37	47	25
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

Srikakulam[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	267	244	234	216
Telugu Desam Party	50	29	54	54
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

Visakhapatnam[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	275	194	180	90
Telugu Desam Party	56	59	46	23
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

Vizianagaram[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	No election held	315	208	245
Telugu Desam Party		74	36	48
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

West Godavari[edit]


Party	Phase (Sarpanch only)
	1	2	3	4
	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won	Seats won
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	173	161	129	194
Telugu Desam Party	35	39	36	58
Jana Sena Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Independents + Others

Overall[edit]

Party

Symbol

Seats won

Sarpanch

Ward

(Total)

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 4

Total

Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party

2640

2654

2604

2638

10536

Telugu Desam Party + Communist Party of India

510

534

527

528

2099

Jana Sena Party^[6]

137

Bharatiya Janata Party^[7]

81

Indian National Congress Party

2

-

Independents + Others

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MPTC elections[edit]

ZPTC elections[edit]

References[edit]

↑ Desk, India com News (8 February 2021). "Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Elections First Phase on Tuesday, Polling to Begin at 6.30 AM". India News, Breaking News | India.com. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
↑ "Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayat elections underway; check Phase 1 poll districts". Zee News. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
↑ "First phase of AP panchayat elections sees 82% voter turnout". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
↑ "Andhra Pradesh municipal polls to be held on March 10, counting on March 14". The New Indian Express. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
↑ "Andhra Gram Panchayat elections to be held in February 2021". The News Minute. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
↑ Jana Sena Party and Bharatiya Janata Party are part of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and contested the polls jointly.
↑ Jana Sena Party and Bharatiya Janata Party are part of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and contested the polls jointly.

External links[edit]

Four phase Grama Panchayati election schedule^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] Desk, India com News (8 February 2021). "Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Elections First Phase on Tuesday, Polling to Begin at 6.30 AM". India News, Breaking News | India.com. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[2] "Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayat elections underway; check Phase 1 poll districts". Zee News. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[3] "First phase of AP panchayat elections sees 82% voter turnout". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[4] "Andhra Pradesh municipal polls to be held on March 10, counting on March 14". The New Indian Express. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

[5] "Andhra Gram Panchayat elections to be held in February 2021". The News Minute. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[6] Jana Sena Party and Bharatiya Janata Party are part of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and contested the polls jointly.

[7] Jana Sena Party and Bharatiya Janata Party are part of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and contested the polls jointly.

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