Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh SEC on Thursday announced the schedule for 100 local body elections in the State. The AP SEC Anil Chandra Puneetha in a statement said that the local body polling will be held on November 1^st.

The announcement of schedule of 100 local body elections came after Supreme Court’s order. The AP SEC Anil Chandra Puneetha in a statement said that the local body polling will be held on November 1^st, vote counting and declaration of results were scheduled for November 3^rd.

Following disputes that arose during the recent nomination process, the APSEC has decided to re-open nominations in certain wards of four local bodies. Fresh nominations will be accepted on October 23^rd and 24^th in Kadapa Corporation, Tirupati Corporation, Rajampet Municipality and Mydukur Municipality. Scrutiny of nominations will be completed on October 25^th, after which the final list of candidates will be published.

The affected wards are as follows:

Kadapa Corporation – 11 wards
Tirupati Corporation – 18 wards
Rajampet Municipality – 11 wards
Mydukur Municipality – 32 wards

SEC clarified that with the release of the election schedule, the Model Code of Conduct has come into force with immediate effect across the State.