Archive · 12 Oct 2026
Local Election Preparations Advance in Tirupati and Chittoor Districts
Local elections are being prepared in Tirupati and Chittoor districts.
Officials are getting ballot papers, boxes and polling places ready.
They are also training election workers and planning security.
The Supreme Court upheld a court decision about reservations, allowing the election process to move forward.
Chittoor has more than one million expected voters, and Tirupati has more than 1.2 million.
Tirupati’s new Zilla Parishad will hold its first election for chairperson.
Some local elections in Srikalahasti are due after a ten-year gap.
The article does not give the election dates.
District administrations stepped up preparations after the Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s verdict on reservations.
Officials are arranging polling materials, ballot papers, staff training and security for local body elections.
Chittoor district expects 10,26,821 voters at 5,926 polling stations across its local constituencies.
Tirupati district has 12,54,371 voters and has arranged 1,641 polling stations and 3,282 ballot boxes.
The Tirupati Zilla Parishad chairperson election will be the first since the district separated from the erstwhile combined district.
- Who
- District administrations, election officials and voters in Tirupati and Chittoor districts.
- What
- Preparations are underway for local body elections, including Zilla Parishad, mandal, village and urban elections.
- When
- Preparations are underway; the article does not specify election dates.
- Where
- Tirupati and Chittoor districts.
- Why
- The Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s verdict on reservations, paving the way for the electoral process.
- Chittoor expected voters
- 10,26,821
- Chittoor polling stations
- 5,926
- Chittoor ZPTCs and MPTCs
- 27 ZPTCs and 370 MPTCs across 27 mandals
- Tirupati expected voters
- 12,54,371
- Tirupati polling stations and ballot boxes
- 1,641 polling stations and 3,282 ballot boxes
- Tirupati ZPTCs and MPTCs
- 35 ZPTCs and 444 MPTCs across 35 mandals
- Chittoor ballot boxes being prepared
- 3,250 for Zilla Parishad elections and 8,150 for panchayat elections
- Sensitive polling areas in Tirupati
- 19 mandals have reportedly been identified as having sensitive polling stations