Andhra Pradesh Local Authorities’ Constituencies Bye Election : July 3rd 2015

Organisation : Chief Electoral Officer Andhra Pradesh
State : Andhra Pradesh
Constituency : Andhra Pradesh Local Authorities’ Constituencies

Notification : https://www.electionin.in/uploads/795-BIENNIAL_ELE_NOTIFICATIO.pdf
Home Page : http://ceoandhra.nic.in/home.aspx

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT :
GENERALADMINISTRATION (ELECTIONS-A) DEPARTMENT :
BIENNIAL ELECTIONS TO THE ANDHRA PRADESH LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES CONSTITUENCIES.

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The following notification is published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, dated 9th June, 2015 / Jyaistha 19, 1937 (Saka):

NOTIFICATION :
WHEREAS, the seats of eleven members of the Legislative Council of the State of Andhra Pradesh, elected by Members of Local AuthoritiesConstituencies, have fallen vacant on the retirement of sitting members, on the expiration of their term of office as detailed below;
Name of the State-Andhra Pradesh

Sl. No | Name of members | Name of LAC | Number of Members to be elected | Date of Retirement :
1. Yellareddigari Sivarami Reddy Anantapur Local Authorities’ 1 29.03.2013
2. Yalamanchili Venkata Babu Rajendra Prasad Krishna Local Authorities’ 1 29.03.2013
3. China Rajappa Nimmakayala East Godavari Local Authorities’ 1 01.05.2013
4. Dr. Rayapati Srinivas, Thelukutla Gopala Venkata Krishna Reddy . Guntur Local Authorities’ 2 01.05.2013
6. Vasireddy Varada Rama Rao Vizianagaram Local Authorities’ 1 01.05.2013
7. Dadi Veerabhadra Rao Vishakhapatnam Local Authorties’ 1 01.05.2013
8. K. Jayachandra Naidu Chittoor Local Authorities 1 01.05.2013
9. Ilapuram Venkaiah Krishna Local Authorities’ 1 29.03.2015
10. D. V. Suryanarayana Raju Visakhapatnam Local Authorities” 1 01.05.2015
11. Pothula Rama Rao Prakasam LocalAuthorities’ 1 01.05.2015

AND WHEREAS, Biennial election to fill up 8 seats in the year 2013 could not be then conducted as the Constituent Local BodiesElectors were not in existence at that time and while in the year 2014, the Constituent Local BodiesElectors with their members came into existence but the State of Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated into two States, namely, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014 and there was inconsistency in the Act, regarding the number of seats in respect of Local Authorities’ Constituencies allocated to Andhra Pradesh, viz, as per Section 23 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, 17 seats were allocated to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council in respect of Local Authorities’ Constituencies but under the Third Schedule to the said Act, 20 members were allocated to these Constituencies;

AND WHEREAS, it was decided by the Commission that before conducting the elections for filling the above mentioned vacancies occurred in 2013 as well as in 2015, it was necessary to remove the above said inconsistency;

AND WHEREAS, in terms of Section 108 of the said Act, this inconsistency was referred to the Central Government (Ministry of Home Affairs) for removing the said inconsistency;

AND WHEREAS, the said inconsistency has now been removed by the order of Ministry of Home Affairs, dated 29.04.2015, read with Andhra Pradesh Reorganization (Amendment) Act, 2015, dated 30.03.2015, whereby the total number of seats to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council has been increased to 58 from 50 and the seats in respect of Local Authorities Constituencies has been kept as 20;

AND WHEREAS, a biennial election has thus, to be held for the purpose of filling all the above mentioned eleven vacancies so arisen;

AND WHEREAS, It is clarified that the election to fill the two vacancies from Guntoor Local AuthoritiesConstituency which arose on 1.5.2013 will be held as single election, whereas elections to fill the remaining 9 vacancies will be held as separate elections to fill one vacancy each;

NOW, THEREFORE, as recommended by the Election Commission of India in pursuance of section 16 read with Section 15A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), the Governor of the State of Andhra Pradesh is hereby pleased to call upon each of the Local AuthoritiesConstituencies of the State mentioned in column (2) of the table given in the Annexure to elect the number of Members as indicated in column (4) of the table against each of the corresponding Constituencies, for the purpose of filling the above vacancies, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the rules and orders made thereunder

NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of sections 30 and 56 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), the Election Commission of India hereby –
(A) appoints, with respect to the said election in each of the constituencies, –
a) the 16 June, 2015 (Tuesday), as the last date for making nominations;
(b) the 17 June, 2015 (Wednesday), as the date for the scrutiny of nominations;
(c) the 19 June, 2015 (Friday), as the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures;
(d) the 3 July, 2015 (Friday), as the date on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken; and
(e) the 10 July, 2015 (Friday), as the date before which the election shall be completed; and

(B) fixes the hours from 8.00 AM to 4.00 P.M as the hours which the poll shall, if necessary taken on the date specified above for the election