Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Jana Sena Plans Ward Surveys Ahead of GVMC Elections
The Jana Sena Party is getting ready for local elections in Visakhapatnam.
It plans to study every ward before choosing candidates.
Party workers will look at local issues, public opinion and how strong the party is in each area.
They will also consider how popular each candidate is and how much work they have done for the party.
Women and Backward Classes will receive consideration in the selection process.
The party wants to win every seat where it has a realistic chance.
The city’s wards may increase to 120 after new boundaries are finalized.
Party workers will also organize Pawan Kalyan’s birthday celebrations and public-service activities on September 2.
Jana Sena Party will conduct comprehensive surveys in every ward of Visakhapatnam ahead of the GVMC elections.
The surveys will assess ward boundaries, political conditions, public opinion and the party’s organisational strength.
Survey findings will help select candidates, with priority given to winning prospects, popularity, field strength and party contributions.
The party aims for a 100 per cent strike rate and will not abandon seats where it sees a realistic chance of victory.
Pawan Kalyan’s birthday celebrations will be held across wards on September 2, alongside activities such as blood donation camps.
- Who
- The Jana Sena Party, led locally by city president and south constituency MLA Ch Vamsi Krishna Srinivas.
- What
- The party will conduct ward-wise surveys and begin preparations for the upcoming Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation elections.
- When
- The announcement was made on Sunday; Pawan Kalyan’s birthday celebrations are scheduled for September 2, with a corporation-election meeting on September 3.
- Where
- Visakhapatnam, across the wards of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation.
- Why
- To assess organisational strength and local political conditions, guide candidate selection and develop an election strategy aimed at winning all realistically winnable seats.
- Election focus
- Upcoming Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation elections
- Planned surveys
- Comprehensive surveys in every ward
- Possible ward count
- The corporation could have 120 wards after new boundaries are finalized
- Candidate criteria
- Winning prospects, prevailing political conditions, popularity, field strength and party contribution
- Social considerations
- Candidate selection will consider reservations for women and Backward Classes
- September 2 programme
- Pawan Kalyan’s birthday celebrations, including proposed blood donation camps and other public-service activities
- September 3 meeting
- A corporation-election meeting will be held in the north constituency under Nadendla Manohar’s chairmanship