Andhra Pradesh municipal elections: Polling ends, Jagan demands repoll in Pulivendula | LIVE

Workers of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) clashed in Pulivendula, the home turf of YSRCP chief and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, during Andhra Pradesh’s urban local body elections on Sunday (November 1, 2026).

Stones were thrown in some wards before the police brought the situation under control. Polling elsewhere, so far, has been largely peaceful, State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha said. The overall turnout in the State reached 48.03% by 3 p.m.

About 46.54 lakh of the 96.89 lakh voters had cast their votes. Smaller towns have seen higher turnout than the big cities. Visakhapatnam, the largest corporation, had the lowest turnout at 39.72%. Voting for 100 urban local bodies, 13 municipal corporations and 87 municipalities and nagar panchayats, began at 7 a.m.

It will end at 5 p.m. Votes will be counted on November 3. Eight municipalities and nagar panchayats are not voting at all: Allagadda, Dachepalli, Darsi, Gurajala, Kamalapuram, Piduguralla, Proddatur and Rayachoti. Their chairpersons and ward members were all elected unopposed.

The polls were originally due on October 28. They were put off on the Supreme Court’s directions after complaints that candidates had been prevented from filing nominations. The last voter walked into the polling station at Vasantabala English Medium School in Visakhapatnam’s Seethammadhara just before the police shut the gate at 5 p.m.

on Sunday. Polling for Andhra Pradesh’s urban local body elections has ended. Nearly half of Andhra Pradesh’s urban voters had cast their votes by 3 p.m. on Sunday. Turnout reached 48.03%, with 46.54 lakh of the 96.89 lakh voters at the polls, according to the State Election Commission.

Gudur in Kurnool district has seen the highest turnout so far, 73.96%, just ahead of Chimakurthy in Prakasam district at 73.64%. In ​​Pulivendula​​, 61.18% of voters had cast their votes. Among the corporations, Machilipatnam is still ahead at 55.10%.

Visakhapatnam remains the lowest of all the urban bodies at 39.72%, followed by Adoni at 40.11%, Nellore at 40.91% and Guntur at 40.99%. Vijayawada was at 41.80%. Patnala Papayyamma, 86, makes it a point to vote in every election, despite the hardship of travelling to the polling station, her family members said.

On Sunday, she was at the polling station in Ward 4 of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), set up at the office of the Superintendent of Central Tax, Bheemunipatnam, to cast her vote in the urban local body elections.

YSRCP Mayor candidate Varudu Kalyani shows her inked finger after casting her vote at AU High School in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. GVMC.jpeg YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy staged a sit-in outside the Returning Officer’s office in Pulivendula on Sunday, demanding a repoll in the town.He alleged that YSRCP polling agents had been denied entry into several polling booths.

He had gone to the office to raise the issue with the Returning Officer, but officials reportedly did not let him in. He then sat down outside in protest. Jaya Kumar, 66, a senior citizen with ailments, made his way to the polling station at Chepala Thimmapuram, Ward 5, in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, leaning on a bamboo stick for support.

At the compound, a wheelchair stood unoccupied beside the wall. The ramp, the usual access route for those unable to take the stairs, was packed with voters standing in the queue behind its handrails. Mr. Jaya Kumar was told by the staff on duty to walk around the building and use the stairs at the other end.

The queue continued well past noon. Andhra Pradesh’s overall turnout in the urban local body elections rose to 37.13% by 1 p.m. on Sunday, up from 22.08% at 11 a.m., according to the State Election Commission. About 35.97 lakh of the 96.89 lakh voters had cast their votes.

Kanigiri in Markapuram district recorded the highest turnout, 63.36%, though only two of its wards are voting. Jammalamadugu in Kadapa district, voting in all 32 wards, was close behind at 61.86%, followed by Nagari at 60.81%.

​Pulivendula, the scene of this morning’s clashes​, 51.51% had voted. Among the 13 corporations, Machilipatnam is well ahead at 47.85%. Vijayawada was at 36.40% and Guntur at 30.94%. Visakhapatnam, which had the second-lowest turnout at 11 a.m., is now the lowest of all the urban bodies at 27.55%.

1 pm - Poll Percentage.pdf State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha and Secretary A. Mallikarjuna reviewed polling across the State through webcasting on Sunday. Some 13,500 CCTV cameras have been installed at polling stations, following the Supreme Court’s directions.

Nellore Collector and District Election Officer Himanshu Shukla rides a motorcycle to inspect polling stations in Nellore on Sunday. He visited several stations, including one at DSR High School in Moolapeta. Bike.jpeg