2021 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation election

2021 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation election
All 98 elected seats in the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation; 50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	59.41%
Mayor before election; P Janardhan; Indian National Congress	Elected Mayor ; Golagani Hari Venkata Kumari; YSR Congress Party

The 2021 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation election were held on 10 March 2021 to elect members to all 98 wards of the municipal corporation.^[1]^[2] The ruling YSRCP party was able to cross the magic figure and won the GVMC Elections 2021. Of 98 wards, YSRCP won 58 wards, TDP won 30 wards, Janasena Party won 4 wards, BJP won 1 ward , CPI, CPM 1 each and 3 wards are won by Independents.^[3]

Election schedule

Event	Date
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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Corporation election 2021


No.	Party	Abbreviation	Number of Corporators
1.	YSR Congress Party	YSRCP	58
2.	Telugu Desam Party	TDP	30
3.	Independents	IND	4
4.	Jana Sena Party	JSP	3
5.	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	1
6.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	1
7.	Communist Party of India	CPI	1

Results by ward

S.no	Candidate	Party
1	Akkaramani Padma	YSRCP
2	Gadu Chinna Kumari Lakshmi	TDP
3	Ganta Appalakonda	TDP
4	Doulapalli Yedu Kondala Rao	YSRCP
5	Melli Hemalatha	TDP
6	Muttamsetti Lakshmi Priyanka	YSRCP
7	Pilla Mangamma	TDP
8	Lodagala Apparao	YSRCP
9	Korkonda Venkata Ratna Swathi	YSRCP
10	Maddila Ramalakshmi	TDP
11	Golagani Hari Venkata Kumari	YSRCP
12	Akkaramani Rohini	YSRCP
13	Kella Sunitha	YSRCP
14	K Anil Kumar Raju	YSRCP
15	Appari Srividya	Independent
16	Melli Lakshmi	YSRCP
17	Gedela Lavanya	YSRCP
18	Golagani Manga	TDP
19	Nooli Nookaratna	TDP
20	Nekkella Lakshmi	YSRCP
21	Chennuboyina Srinivasa Rao	YSRCP
22	LV Narayana Murthy	JSP
23	Gudla Vijayasai	YSRCP
24	Saadi Padmareddy	YSRCP
25	Saripalli Govind	YSRCP
26	Mukka Sravani	TDP
27	Golagani Veera Rao	TDP
28	Palla Appalakonda	YSRCP
29	Urikooti Narayana Rao	YSRCP
30	Koduru Appalaratnam	YSRCP
31	Bipin Kumar Jain	YSRCP
32	Kandula Nagaraju	Independent
33	Beesetti Vasantha Lakshmi	JSP
34	Thota Padmavati	YSRCP
35	Villuri Bhaskara Rao	Independent
36	Masipogu Mary Jones	YSRCP
37	Chenna Janaki Ram	YSRCP
38	Godi Vijayalakshmi	TDP
39	Mohammad Sadiq	Independent
40	Gundapu Nageswara Rao	YSRCP
41	Kodigudla Poornima	TDP
42	Alla Leelavati	YSRCP
43	Peddisetti Ushasri	YSRCP
44	Banala Satya Srinivas	YSRCP
45	Kampa Hanok	YSRCP
46	Kattamuri Satish^[5]	YSRCP
47	Kantipaamu Kameswari	YSRCP
48	Gankala Kavitha	BJP
49	Allu Shankara Rao	YSRCP
50	Vavilapalli Prasad	YSRCP
51	Reyyi Venkataramana	YSRCP
52	Jiyyani Sridhar	YSRCP
53	Bartak Ali	YSRCP
54	Challa Rajani	YSRCP
55	KVN Sasi Kala	YSRCP
56	Saragadam Rajasekhar	TDP
57	Murruvani Nanaji	YSRCP
58	Gulivindala Lavanya	YSRCP
59	Purri Purna Sri	YSRCP
60	PV Suresh	YSRCP
61	Konathala Sudha	YSRCP
62	Balla Lakshmana Rao	YSRCP
63	Galla Polipalli	TDP
64	Dalli Govind Reddy	JSP
65	Boddu Narsimhapatrudu	YSRCP
66	Mohammed Imran	YSRCP
67	Palla Srinivas	TDP
68	G Venkata Sai Anusha	YSRCP
69	Kaki Govinda Reddy	TDP
70	Urukuti Ramachandra Rao	YSRCP
71	Rajaana Ramarao	YSRCP
72	AJ Stalin	CPI
73	Bhupatiraju Sujata	YSRCP
74	Tippala Vamsi Reddy	YSRCP
75	Puli Jhansi Lakshmi Bai	TDP
76	Gandham Srinu	TDP
77	Battu Surya Kumari	YSRCP
78	B Ganga Rao	CPM
79	Rowthu Srinivas	TDP
80	Konatala Neelima	YSRCP
81	Peela Lakshmi Sowjanya	YSRCP
82	Mandapati Sunitha	YSRCP
83	Jajula Prasanna Lakshmi	YSRCP
84	Madamsetti Chinathalli	TDP
85	Illapu Varalakshmi	YSRCP
86	Lella Koteswara Rao	TDP
87	Bonda Jagannadham	TDP
88	Melli Mutyala Naidu	TDP
89	Dadi Venkata Ramesh	TDP
90	Bommidi Ramana	TDP
91	Kunche Jyotsna	YSRCP
92	Behara Venkata Swarnalatha Sivadevi	YSRCP
93	Raparthi Kanna	TDP
94	Balla Srinivasa Rao	TDP
95	Mummana Demudu	YSRCP
96	Peela Srinivasa Rao	TDP
97	Shanavati Vasantha	TDP
98	PV Narasimham	TDP

References

^ "Andhra Pradesh urban local bodies will go to polls on March 10, counting on 14th". The New Indian Express. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "12 corporations, 75 municipalities to go to polls on March 10". The Hindu. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "Ruling party breaks into TDP 'bastion' Vizag, wins 58 seats | Visakhapatnam News". Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ "Andhra Pradesh municipal polls on March 10". Eenadu. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ The Hindu (30 July 2021). "46th ward corporator Satish elected as second Deputy Mayor". Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

External links

Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation [https://web.archive.org/web/20210723103710/https://gvmc.gov.in/wss/ Archived 2021-07-23 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Andhra Pradesh urban local bodies will go to polls on March 10, counting on 14th". The New Indian Express. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[2] "12 corporations, 75 municipalities to go to polls on March 10". The Hindu. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[3] "Ruling party breaks into TDP 'bastion' Vizag, wins 58 seats | Visakhapatnam News". Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[4] "Andhra Pradesh municipal polls on March 10". Eenadu. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[46th_ward_corporator_Satish_elected_as_second_Deputy_Mayor-5] The Hindu (30 July 2021). "46th ward corporator Satish elected as second Deputy Mayor". Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

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