The YSR Congress party has announced nominees for 27 urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh, covering seven municipal corporations, 14 municipalities and six nagar panchayats ahead of the state’s local body polls. The list includes candidates for major urban centres such as Visakhapatnam, Nellore, Kadapa and Machilipatnam.
The nominations place municipal corporations at the centre of the party’s urban election strategy. The nominees announced for the seven corporations are Kolagatla Sravani for Vizianagaram, Varudu Kalyani for Visakhapatnam, Ganta Mohan Rao for Eluru, Lanka Jyothi for Machilipatnam, Kuppam Prasad for Ongole, Anam Vijay Kumar for Nellore and Bandi Deepthi Reddy for Kadapa.
Municipal corporations are responsible for a wide range of services that directly shape daily urban life, including roads, drainage, sanitation, solid waste management, public health infrastructure and the regulation of development. The announcement therefore brings local political competition into cities where decisions on municipal administration and service delivery affect large and growing populations.
For the 14 municipalities, the party has nominated Pulala Rajya Lakshmi for Ichapuram, Talasila Sree Padma for Palasa Kasibugga, Chintakayala Anitha for Narsipatnam, Boddapu Thulsi for Yelamanchili, Pitla Rama Tulasi for Tuni, Manne Padma for Kovvur, Chintapalli Nageswara Rao for Ramachandrapuram, Nallamothu Tejaswi for Kondapalli, Mandali Seshachalam for Tenali, Dr Istharla Sherly for Chirala, Rachapudi Venkata Sai Krishna for Badvel, Poreddy Narasimha Reddy for Proddatur, YS Prameelamma for Pulivendula and Jinka Chalapathi for Madanapalle.
The remaining six nominees are contesting for nagar panchayats. They are Badireddy Asha Latha for Yeleswaram, Paidamukkala Divya for Vuyyuru, Polu Veera Redddy for Gurazala, Puli Shanti Reddy for Kanigiri, Sheikh Shakila Begum for Buchireddypalem and Marjula Kavitha for Kamalapuram.
The list spans coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema and several smaller urban settlements, giving the announcement a broad geographic spread. It also illustrates the multi-tier structure of Andhra Pradesh’s urban governance, where municipal corporations administer larger cities, municipalities govern smaller urban centres and nagar panchayats manage areas transitioning from rural to urban administration.
The announcement comes as political parties prepare for the local body polls, with candidates expected to compete for positions that influence the functioning of urban civic institutions. The Deccan Chronicle report did not provide details of polling dates, candidate campaign plans or the party’s stated priorities for municipal service delivery. Further official announcements will be required to establish the election schedule and subsequent procedural milestones.
