Vijayawada: More than 10,500 nominations were filed on the first day of the nomination process for the first phase of gram panchayat elections and polls to 23 urban local bodies (ULBs) in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, reflecting an encouraging response from aspirants.
The Telugu Desam announced its second list of candidates for the mayoral and municipal chairperson posts, covering one municipal corporation, 10 municipalities and four nagar panchayats.
According to the state election commission, 9,036 nominations were received for gram panchayat elections.
These included 3,282 nominations for sarpanch posts and 5,754 for ward member positions.
The first phase covers 42 revenue divisions and 201 mandals.
Ananthapur district topped the list with 309 sarpanch nominations, followed by YSR Kadapa (285), Tirupati (269), Palnadu (237) and Kurnool (223).
In the ward member category, Palnadu led with 696 nominations, followed by Anakapalli (527), Nandyal (430), Srikakulam (323) and Tirupati (319).
For the 23 ULBs, comprising four municipal corporations and 19 municipalities and nagar panchayats, 1,502 nominations were received on Sunday.
These included 69 for mayor and chairperson posts and 1,433 for ward member positions.
Including the previous day’s filings, the cumulative tally stood at 1,774, comprising 85 nominations for mayor and chairperson posts and 1,689 for ward members.
Corporations accounted for 428 nominations, including 16 for mayoral posts, while municipalities and nagar panchayats received 1,072 nominations.
Meanwhile, the TD named Peram Yedukondalu as its mayoral candidate for the Mangalagiri-Tadepalli municipal corporation.
The 10 municipal chairperson nominees are Kuna Prameela (Amadalavalasa), Basava VVS Ramakrishna (Tanuku), Abothula Usharani (Palakollu), Peeta Gopichand (YSR Tadigadapa), Mooridu Karuna (Gudivada), Nagrasapu Rupesh Gupta (Narasaraopet), Kandla Vijayalakshmi (Ponnur), Pidikiti Venkateswarlu (Kandukur), Chouturi Sirisha (Gudur) and Peta Balaji (Srikalahasti).
For four nagar panchayats, the party selected Kunkum Esther Rani (Chintalapudi), Varikuntla Anil Kumar (Padili), Thotakura Sunil Kumar (Allur) and Kudumu Srinivasulu (B Kothakota).
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