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The 2021 Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation election was an Indian community election that was scheduled for 10 March 2021 to elect members to all 50 wards of the municipal corporation. [1] [2]
| Event | Date |
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| Date for Nominations | 11 March 2020 |
| Last Date for filing Nominations | 13 March 2020 |
| Date for scrutiny of nominations | 14 March 2020 |
| Date for commencement of withdrawal of candidature | 2 March 2021 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures and publication of contesting candidates | 3 March 2021 |
| Date of poll | 10 March 2021 |
| Date of re-poll, if any | 13 March 2021 |
| Date of counting | 14 March 2021 |
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