Amaravati, October 14, 2026: The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) on Wednesday announced the schedule for elections to Urban and Rural Local Bodies in the state. Polling for 100 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) will be held on October 28, while elections to Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTCs) and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs) are scheduled for November 3.
The Commission has issued notifications for elections to 100 of the state’s 123 Urban Local Bodies, comprising 13 Municipal Corporations and 87 Municipalities/Nagar Panchayats.
Elections to the remaining 23 Urban Local Bodies, including four Municipal Corporations and 19 Municipalities/Nagar Panchayats, have not yet been notified as pre-election processes are still underway.
Polling on October 28 will cover major Municipal Corporations including Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC), Vizianagaram, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Guntur, Ongole, Nellore, Tirupati, Chittoor, Kadapa, Kurnool and Anantapuram.
The SEC has also announced that elections to MPTCs and ZPTCs will be conducted on November 3, marking another key phase of the state’s local body electoral process.
Meanwhile, Gram Panchayat elections will be conducted in three phases during November and December, according to the schedule announced by the State Election Commission.
The elections will pave the way for the constitution of elected local bodies across Andhra Pradesh and are expected to witness participation at the grassroots level across urban and rural constituencies.
