2021 Eluru Municipal Corporation election

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2021 Eluru Municipal Corporation election
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 201410 March 2021

All 50 elected seats in the Eluru Municipal Corporation
26 seats needed for a majority
 Second partyThird party
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Party YSRCP JSP
Leader's seat3470

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Indian National Congress symbol.svg BJP election symbol.png
Party INC BJP
Leader's seat00

The 2021 Eluru Municipal Corporation election was held on 10 March 2021 to elect members to all 50 wards of the municipal corporation. [1] [2]

Contents

Election schedule

EventDate
Date for Nominations11 March 2020
Last Date for filing Nominations13 March 2020
Date for scrutiny of nominations14 March 2020
Date for commencement of withdrawal of candidature2 March 2021
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures and

publication of contesting candidates

3 March 2021
Date of poll10 March 2021
Date of re-poll, if any13 March 2021
Date of counting14 March 2021

[3]

Results by ward

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