Single-phase polling for Assembly, LS seats in AP

Simultaneous elections for the 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh will be held in single phase on May 13.

Of the 175 Assembly constituencies, 29 are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 7 for Scheduled Tribes (STs). Four Lok Sabha constituencies are reserved for SCs and one for STs.

Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena said the state has 4,09,37,352 voters as of March 16, 2024. They comprise 2,00,84,276 male, 2,08,49,730 female and 3,346 third gender. The state has 46,165 polling stations. A total of 34,120 polling stations are in rural areas while 12,045 are in urban areas.

Average number of electors per polling station is 887. Polling station locations are 27,612. The expected auxiliary polling stations are 219.

The poll panel has planned 179 polling stations with all women staff, 63 polling stations managed by persons with disability, 50 managed by youth and a total of 555 model polling stations.

The Commission proposes to deploy 50 general observers, 115 expenditure observers and 13 police observers. The CEO also revealed that the authorities up to March 11, seized cash, liquor, drugs, precious metal, and freebies worth over Rs 164 crore. He mentioned that the seizures during the general elections in 2019 were valued at Rs 75.2 crore.