Archive · 29 Sep 2026
SEC Publishes Final Polling Station Lists Across 41 ULBs
The State Election Commission has finalized where people will vote in 41 city and town bodies.
These bodies include 29 municipalities or nagar panchayats and 12 municipal corporations.
The commission first told local officials to identify polling stations.
It issued those instructions on September 21, 2026.
Draft lists were released on September 25.
Political parties and members of the public then reviewed the lists.
Their meetings, objections, and suggestions were considered.
The final polling-station lists were published on Monday for the upcoming urban local-body elections.
The State Election Commission published final polling-station lists for 41 urban local bodies on Monday.
The lists cover 29 municipalities or nagar panchayats and 12 municipal corporations.
SEC Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha said the process followed circulars issued on September 21, 2026.
Draft polling-station lists were published on September 25 after local identification of stations.
The final lists followed meetings with political parties and disposal of public objections and suggestions.
- Who
- The State Election Commission, led in this statement by Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha.
- What
- Published the final lists of polling stations for 41 urban local bodies.
- When
- The final lists were published on Monday; circulars were issued on September 21, 2026, and draft lists on September 25, 2026.
- Where
- Across 41 urban local bodies, including Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Eluru, Guntur, Tirupati, Nellore, Kadapa, Anantapur, Kurnool, and other listed municipalities and corporations.
- Why
- To conduct the second ordinary elections to the urban local bodies.
- Total urban local bodies
- 41
- Municipalities and nagar panchayats
- 29
- Municipal corporations
- 12
- Instruction date
- September 21, 2026
- Draft-list date
- September 25, 2026
- Review process
- Meetings with political parties and consideration of public objections and suggestions
- Election purpose
- Second ordinary elections to urban local bodies