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Formed | June 1994 |
Jurisdiction | Andhra Pradesh |
Headquarters | 1st Floor , New Hod's Building, Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium, M. G. Road, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 520010 [1] |
Employees | Around 300 |
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Website | sec |
Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission is a Constitutional authority agency of Andhra Pradesh, India. It was formed under the Articles 243-K and 243-ZA of Constitution of India. It conducts the Rural and Urban Local Body Elections in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission was formed in June 1994. The 1st Local body elections to Municipalities and Panchayat Raj Institutions were held in March 1995. The 2nd and 3rd Local Body elections were held in 2000-2001 and 2005-2006 respectively. The 4th ordinary elections to Gram Panchayats were held in July 2013. The 4th ordinary elections to Municipalities were held in March 2014 and to those of MPTCs and ZPTCs in April 2014.
Consequent on the bifurcation of the State, the Government of Andhra Pradesh constituted a State Election Commission for the State of Andhra Pradesh on 30 January 2016.
The State Election commission is headed by a State Election Commissioner appointed by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh. The State Election Commissioner holds his term for three years from the date of assumption of office. Officers holding the post of Principal Secretary to Government.
Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner is Nilam Sawhney, retired IAS. [2]
Elections to the Rural and Urban bodies of Andhra Pradesh are held by both direct and indirect elections. [3] The sole controlling authority rests on the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission.
The A.P. State Election Commission adopts the Assembly Electoral Rolls prepared under the supervision of the Chief Electoral Officer, General Administration (Elections) Department (who is the representative of the Election Commission of India in the State) for preparation of ward-wise electoral rolls for conduct of elections to Rural and Urban Local Bodies in the State. [4] Polling stations are identified based on the rolls. Once the pre-election exercises such as delimitation and reservation of seats and offices in local bodies are completed and communicated by the State Government, the State Election Commission issues Notification for conduct of elections.
Elections to the following posts are held by this Commission by Direct election.
The Urban Local Bodies consist of Municipal Corporations, Municipalities and Nagar Panchayats.
Indirect elections are held for the following positions: After taking oath by the directly elected Members, indirect elections are held as per the date and time appointed by the Commission in the respective local bodies.
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