Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission has allotted symbols to three registered political parties for the urban and rural local body elections in the state.
State election commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha issued an order here on Friday with an allotment of symbol of ‘Bat’ for Jayeeta Sama Samajam Party, ‘Battery Torch’ for Bharatha Chaitanya Yuvajana Party and ‘Gas Cylinder’ to Rashtriya Praja Congress (Secular) Party.
The SEC said, “The free symbols allotted as common symbols to the candidates set up by these political parties shall be available for allotment to the candidates set up by other parties or independent candidates in those other constituencies where these parties have not set up their candidates.”
Moreover, if the political parties fail to set up candidates at least in 10 per cent of the total number of seats in the elections, they will forfeit the deposit of `1 lakh each.
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