Tuesday, March 03, 2009

AP to vote on April 16, 23

By M H Ahssan

Elections to 294 assembly and 42 parliamentary constituencies in Andhra Pradesh will be held in two phases. First phase of polling will take place on April 16 covering Telangana and north Coastal Andhra, and the second phase on April 23 will cover Rayalaseema and Andhra regions. Counting of votes will be on May 16.

Briefing media on Monday, the state chief electoral officer I V Subba Rao said in the first phase, polls will be held for 22 parliamentary constituencies and in the second phase, the remaining 20 parliamentary constituencies will go to polls. The notification for the assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies that go to polls on April 16 will be issued on March 23. Last date for filing nomination papers is March 30, scrutiny of the nominations will take place on March 31. April 2 is the last date for withdrawal of candidature. In the first phase, 154 assembly constituencies will go to polls.

Notification for the constituencies going to polls on April 23 will be issued on March 28. The last date for filing nominations will be April 4. Scrutiny will take place on April 6 and April 8 will be the last date for withdrawal of nominations. In the second phase, polling will be held for 140 assembly constituencies.

The 22 parliamentary constituencies that go to polls in the first phase are: Adilabad, Peddapalli, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zahirabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chevella, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal, Mahabubabad, Khammam, Araku, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalle.

The 20 parliamentary constituencies going to polls in the second phase are: Kakinada, Amalapuram, Rajahmundry, Narsapuram, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Narsaraopet, Bapatla, Ongole, Nandyal, Kurnool, Anantapur, Hindupur, Kadapa, Nellore, Tirupati, Rajampet and Chittoor.

The Election Commission also announced the schedule for election of nine Council members through the local authorities constituencies to be held on March 30.

The local authorities constituencies going to polls are Warangal, Prakasam, Visakhapatnam, Nalgonda, Medak, Nizamabad, Khammam, Karimnagar and Mahbubnagar. Notification for the polls will be issued on March 6, last date for filing nominations will be March 13. Scrutiny will take place on March 14, withdrawal of candidature will be on March 16. Polling will take place on March 30 and counting will be held on April 4.

PHASE-I APRIL 16
Adilabad, Peddapalli, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zahirabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chevella, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal, Mahbubabad, Khammam, Araku, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalle.

PHASE - II APRIL 23
Kakinada, Amalapuram, Rajahmundry, Narsapuram, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur,Narsaraopet, Bapatla, Ongole, Nandyal, Kurnool, Anantapur, Hindupur, Kadapa, Nellore, Tirupati, Rajampet and Chittoor.

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