Vijayawada: YSRCP announced the candidates of seven Mayors, 14 Municipal Chairmans and six Nagar Panchayat Chairmans on Thursday. YSRCP Central office released the finalization of the candidate list through a press note.

As per the instructions of YSRCP Chief YS Jagan, mayoral candidates for municipal corporations and chairman candidates for municipalities and city panchayats have been finalized. In this list released by the party, women have been given the highest priority. It is noteworthy that 14 out of the total 27 seats have been reserved for women.

Similarly, a significant number of opportunities have been given to BC, SC and minority communities. With this announcement, the election campaign has officially begun in the respective cities and towns. The candidates announced by the party will soon file their nominations and enter the campaign ring. The remaining Municipal chairperson candidates will be announced soon.

These are the mayoral candidates for 7 corporations:
Vizianagaram (Unreserved – Female): Kolagatla Sravani (Vaishya)
Visakhapatnam (Unreserved – Female): Varudu Kalyani (Kapu Velama)
Eluru (BC): Ganta Mohan Rao (Eastern Kapu)
Machilipatnam (BC – Female): Lanka Jyoti (Eastern Kapu)
Ongole (Unreserved): Kuppam Prasad (Vaishya)
Nellore (Unreserved): Anam Vijay Kumar Reddy (Reddy)
Kadapa (Unreserved – Female): Bandi Deepthi Reddy (Reddy)

List of candidates for Municipal Chairman:
Ichchapuram (BC – Female): Pilaka Rajyalakshmi (Reddika)
Palasa-Kashibugga (Unreserved – Female): Talasu Sri Padma (Kalinga Vaishya)
Narsipatnam (BC – Female): Chintakayala Anitha (Kapu Velama)
Yelamanchili (Unreserved – Female): Boddapu Tulasi (Kapu)
Tuni (BC – Female): Pitla Rama Tulasi (Shettybalija)
Kovvur (Unreserved – Female): Manne Padma (Kamma)
Ramachandrapuram (BC): Chintapalli Nageswara Rao (Shettybalija)
Kondapalli (SC – Female): Nallamothu Tejaswini (Madiga)
Tenali (Unreserved): Maddali Seshachalam (Vaishya)
Chirala (SC – Female): Dr. Istarla Shirley (Mala)
Badvel (Unreserved): Rachapudi Venkata Sai Krishna (Vaishya)
Proddaturu (Unreserved): Porreddy Narasimha Reddy (Reddy)
Pulivendula (Unreserved – Female): YS Pramilamma (Reddy)
Madanapalle (BC): Jinka Chalapathi (Boya)

Nagara Panchayat Chairman Candidates:
Yaleswaram (SC – Female): Badireddy Ashalatha (Madiga)
Vuyyuru (SC): Paidamukkala Divya (Madiga)
Gurajala (Unreserved): Polu Veera Reddy (Reddy)
Kanigiri (Unreserved – Female): Puli Shanti Reddy (Reddy)
Buchireddypalem (Unreserved – Female): Sheikh Shakeela Begum (Muslim)
Kamalapuram (Unreserved – Female): Marjula Kavitha (Reddy)