The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) has opened a dedicated control room to receive grievances and complaints related to the ongoing local body election process, giving citizens and other stakeholders direct phone and email channels to report election-related concerns.
The control room has been established at the SEC office as the state conducts elections for urban and rural local bodies. According to the SEC information reported by Deccan Chronicle, the election process began on October 14 and is scheduled to conclude on December 3, including the indirect election stages.
People can contact the control room on 0866 2490023, 0866 2490024, 0866 2490025 and 0866 2490026 to register complaints. The SEC has also provided two email addresses for grievances: secy.apsec1@gmail.com and secy.assec2@gmail.com.
The arrangement covers complaints connected with the election process for local bodies, which includes urban and rural institutions. By placing the control room within the State Election Commission’s office, the election authority has created a central contact point for receiving complaints during the election period.
The local body election schedule includes both direct and indirect election activity. The SEC’s notification sets out a process running from October 14 through December 3, with indirect elections included in the overall timeline. The report did not provide further details about the number of urban or rural local bodies involved, the categories of complaints expected to be handled, or the response timeline for individual grievances.
The control room adds an administrative channel to the election process at a time when local body institutions are being renewed across Andhra Pradesh. Municipal and rural local body elections have a direct bearing on the functioning of civic institutions responsible for services and local administration, although the SEC’s announcement was limited to the availability of the complaint mechanism.
Further information about the election process and the complaint channels is available on the State Election Commission’s website, sec.ap.gov.in. The phone lines and email addresses will remain the publicly identified points of contact for complaints under the control room arrangement during the notified election process.
