2021 Andhra Pradesh rural local bodies elections

Elections to Local bodies in Andhra Pradesh were 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]

Background

Gram Panchayat elections

Election schedule

Phase 1

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

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

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

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

Phase 1

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

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

District-wise

Anantapuramu


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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	1

Overall

Party		Seats won
		Sarpanch					Ward (Total)
		Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4	Total	Ward (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^[4]					137
	Bharatiya Janata Party^[5]					81
	Indian National Congress Party					2
-	Independents + Others					1

MPTC elections

ZPTC elections

References

^ 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.
^ 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

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

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

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