2021 Vijayawada Municipal Corporation election explained

Election Name:2021 Vijayawada Municipal Corporation election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Year:2014
Next Year:2026
Seats For Election:All 64 elected seats in the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation
Majority Seats:33
Country:India
Party1:YSR Congress Party
Last Election1:19
Seats1:49
Seat Change1: 30
Party2:Telugu Desam Party
Last Election2:38
Seats2:14
Seat Change2: 24
Party3:Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Last Election3:1
Seats3:1
Party4:Jana Sena Party
Seats4:0
Last Election4:new
Party5:Bharatiya Janata Party
Last Election5:1
Seats5:0
Seat Change5: 1
Election Date:10 March 2021
Mayor
Before Election:Koneru Sreedhar
Before Party:Telugu Desam Party
After Election:Rayana Bhagya Lakshmi
After Party:YSR Congress Party

The 2021 Vijayawada Municipal Corporation election was held on 10 March 2021 to elect 64 councillors of the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation.[1] [2] The votes were counted and the results were declared on 14 March 2021. The YSR Congress Party emerged victorious and subsequently Rayana Bhagya Lakshmi was elected as the Mayor for the corporation.[3]

Election schedule

EventDate
Date for Nominations11 March 2020
Last Date for filing Nominations13 March 2020
Date for scrutiny of nominations14 March 2020
Date for commencement of withdrawal of candidature2 March 2021
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures andpublication of contesting candidates3 March 2021
Date of poll10 March 2021
Date of re-poll, if any13 March 2021
Date of counting14 March 2021

Results by wards

The winners are as follows.https://sec.ap.gov.in/Doc21/Elected_Ward_Members_MunicipalCorporations.pdf

Winner
CandidateParty
1 Vuddanti Sunitha
2 Ambadipudi Nirmala Kumari
3 Bhimisetty Pravallika
4 Jasthi Sambasiva Rao
5 Ambedkar Kalapala
6 Viyyapu Amarnath
7 Merakanpalli Madhuri
8 Usharani Chennupati
9 Chennupati Kanthisri
10 Aparna Devineni
11Kesineni Swetha
12Potluri Siva Sai Prasad
13Mummaneni Venkata Prasad
14Sambasiva Rao Chintala
15Bellam Durga
16Ummadisetti Radhika
17Thangirala Rami Reddy
18Venkata Satya Narayana
19Mohammed Rehana Nahid
20Adapa Seshagiri
21Puppala Narasa Kumari
22Konda Reddy Tatiparthi
23Nellibandla Balaswamy
24Kukkala Anitha
25Banka Sakuntala Devi
26Vallabhaneni Rajeswari
27Kondayagunta Malleswari
28Veeramachaneni Lalitha
29Kongitala Lakshmipathi
30Bhimireddy Siva Venkata Janareddy
31Penumatsa Sirisha
32Channagiri Rama Mohana Rao
33N D S Satyanarayana Murty Valluri
34Sivasakthi Nagendra Punyaseela Bandi
35Balasani Manimma
36Bali Govindu
37Mandepudi Chatarji
38Rahamathunnisa Shaik
39Gudivada Narendra Raghava
40Anjaneyareddy Yaradla
41Irfan Mohammed
42Chaitanya Reddy Padigapati
43Bapati Koti Reddy
44Ratna Kumari Mylavarapu
45Mylavarapu Madhuri Lavanya
46Rayana Bhagya Lakshmi
47Ganga Godavari
48Attaluri Adi Lakshmi
49Bulla Vijaya Kumar
50Boye Satya Babu
51Marupilla Rajesh
52Ummadi Venkateswara Rao
53Appaji Rao Mahadevu
54Abdul Aqeeb Arshad
55Seeramsetty Purnachandra Rao
56Chalapathi Rao Yalakala
57Esarapu Devi
58Avuthu Sri Sailaja
59Mohammed Shaheena Sulthana
60Kanchi Durga
61Ummadi Ramadevi
62Alampuru Vijayalakshmi
63 Modugula Thirupatamma
64 Thirupatamma Yarragorla

References

  1. Web site: 16 February 2021. Andhra Pradesh urban local bodies will go to polls on March 10, counting on 14th. 22 February 2021. The New Indian Express.
  2. Web site: 15 February 2021. 12 corporations, 75 municipalities to go to polls on March 10. 22 February 2021. The Hindu.
  3. News: The Hindu . Rayana Bhagya Lakshmi elected as 12th Mayor of Vijayawada . 25 May 2024 . 18 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240525131542/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/rayana-bhagya-lakshmi-elected-as-12th-mayor-of-vijayawada/article34101886.ece . 25 May 2024 . en-IN.