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59.96 per cent polling in Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahabubnagar constituency

TRS candidate from Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Palla Rajeshwar Reddy cast his vote at Warangal, BJP candidate from Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahabubnagar graduates constituency

Huge voter turnout was recorded in the majority of 2,743 Panchayats going to polls in the last phase.

The SEC has powers of superintendence and conduct of elections but cannot usurp all governmental functions

Panchayat polls in the state are scheduled to begin from February 9 and will go on till February 21 in four phases.

The orders issued are in the nature of reasonable restrictions and are essentially preventive measures, taken recourse to ensure free and fair elections.

Amaravati: Several leaders of Andhra Pradesh State Government employees’ associations have urged the government and also the State Election Commission to postpone the panchayat elections in the state till their frontline personnel were administered the two doses of COVID vaccine. Their Joint Action Committee president Bopparaju and general secretary YV Rao said it was not […]

On the same day, the swearing in of newly elected corporators will be conducted. Unless, the Mayor elections are conducted, Deputy Mayor elections cannot be held.

Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh Non-Government Gazetted Officers’ (APNGOs) Association has demanded the State Election Commission (SEC) to withdraw its notification on elections to local bodies. In a statement on Saturday, the Association president Chandrasekhar Reddy said with incidents of new Covid-19 strain and bird flu being reported in the State, it was only appropriate to […]

Petitioners alleged that revenue authorities were interfering with peaceful possession and enjoyment of the lands of them and planting saplings under the Haritha Haram programme on the lands without acquiring lands

As per the GHMC Act, the first meeting after general elections of Municipal Corporation will be held within a month of the publication of names of elected candidates in the gazette by SEC

The result of Neredmet was withheld by the State Election Commission as there was a dispute on 544 votes with different marks.

The State Election Commission can treat all the votes with different marks too as valid as the votes also convey the intention of the voter, the court noted.

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chouhan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy in a special session on Saturday morning sent the State Election Commission back to the single judge on the elections at the Neredmet ward. The modified mark was explained in appeal by the State Election […]

The High Court had ordered the State Election Commission to keep the ballot papers which were not marked with the 'Arrow Cross Mark' separately and keep a count of those ballot papers till the writ petition is decided.

Hyderabad: Even as counting is progressing in 30 centres across the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits, postal ballot tallies are coming in. Among the 54 postal ballot votes in Mehdipatnam circle, BJP bagged 25 votes, TRS secured 11 while one was invalid. Eight were rejected while one vote was cast for NOTA. As announced by […]

The judge disposed off two writ petitions filed by Renu Soni, candidate from Ghansi Bazar Ward 49 and K Surender from Ward 52 Puranapul

The repoll in the division is being held after CPI contesting candidate complained about mismatch of the party symbol in the ballot paper on Tuesday.

Irrespective of GHMC or Assembly or Parliamentary elections, voters of Hyderabad are known to show a disinclination when it comes to exercising their franchise

Hyderabad: The State Election Commission (SEC) will conduct fresh poll in all the polling stations of Ward 26-Old Malakpet on December 3 from 7 am to 6 pm. The decision comes in the wake of polling officials noticing that the ballot paper for the ward was wrongly printed with the symbol of the CPI candidate […]