Andhra Pradesh local body elections 2026

Andhra Pradesh MPTC & ZPTC Elections 2026

Repoll day (where ordered)

Rural voters elect members of the mandal parishad (MPTC) and the zilla parishad (ZPTC) on one statewide polling day.

Polling5 Nov 2026

Schedule and status

Repoll day (where ordered)

Repolling is held today at polling stations where the Commission ordered it. Counting is scheduled for 7 Nov 2026.

NotificationMon, 19 Oct 2026ETV Bharat, IANS (via Social News XYZ)
Last date for nominationsFri, 23 Oct 2026ETV Bharat, IANS (via Social News XYZ)
Scrutiny of nominationsSat, 24 Oct 2026IANS (via Social News XYZ)
Last date for withdrawalTue, 27 Oct 2026ETV Bharat, IANS (via Social News XYZ)
PollingThu, 5 Nov 2026, 7 am–5 pm (moved from 3 Nov 2026)Deccan Chronicle, The Hans India
Repoll, if orderedFri, 6 Nov 2026The Hans India
CountingSat, 7 Nov 2026, 8 am (moved from 5 Nov 2026)Deccan Chronicle, The Hans India

Polling was first scheduled for 3 November (counting 5 November). The Commission moved it so that it would not fall on the municipal counting day. (Deccan Chronicle, The Hans India)
At 88 polling stations in Alluri Sitarama Raju and Polavaram districts, polling ends at 3 pm. (The Hans India)

The Commission's own notification is not yet linked here — check it before you rely on a date. State Election Commission website ↗

Results have not yet been officially published.

Constituency, reservation and candidate lists appear here once they are loaded from the State Election Commission's publications.

Gram panchayat: The elected council of one or more villages. Voters elect a sarpanch (president) and a ward member for each ward; the upa-sarpanch is then chosen by the elected members.
Village: A revenue village (LGD record). Several villages can share one gram panchayat, and a large village can have several wards.
MPTC: Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency: a member of the mandal parishad, elected from a group of villages in the mandal.
ZPTC: Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency: a member of the zilla parishad, one per mandal. Zilla parishads can follow older district boundaries than today's districts (Andhra Pradesh has 13 zilla parishads for its 28 districts, per the Local Government Directory), so each village page names its own.
Urban local bodies: Municipal corporations, municipalities and nagar panchayats govern towns and cities, with corporators or ward councillors, a mayor or a chairperson. They are separate from gram panchayats; a village page never shows a municipal poll as its own.
Who runs the polls: The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission notifies these elections, publishes reservations, candidate lists and results, and orders any repoll.

Dates as reported by: Deccan Chronicle (28 Oct 2026) · The Hans India (28 Oct 2026) · ETV Bharat (14 Oct 2026) · IANS (via Social News XYZ) (14 Oct 2026)

The Commission's own notification is not yet linked here — check it before you rely on a date. State Election Commission website ↗

Last verified: 1 November 2026 at 8:00 am IST