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{{Short description|Elections to Local Bodies in Andhra Pradesh in 2021}}
{{Update|date=December 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = {{Nowrap|2021 Andhra Pradesh Local Body Elections}}
| country = India
| type = Local Body
| Completed = yes
| previous_election = 2014 Andhra Pradesh local body elections
| previous_year = 2014
| next_election = 2026 Andhra Pradesh local elections
| next_year = 2026
| election_date = {{Nowrap|GP (Phase 1) – 9 February 2021<br/>GP (Phase 2) – 13 February 2021<br/>GP (Phase 3) – 17 February 2021<br/>GP (Phase 4) – 21 February 2021<br/>ULB – 10 March 2021}}
| seats_for_election =
| turnout =
| party1 = YSR Congress Party
| Party2 =
| party3 = Telugu Desam Party
| party4 = BJP
| party5 = Indian National Congress
| ongoing = No
| party_colour = Yes
| party2 = Jana Sena Party
}}Elections to [[Local government in India|local bodies]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] are being held in four phases in rural areas (panchayats) in February 2021 viz. 9 February 2021, 13 February 2021, 17 February 2021 and 21 February 2021 covering 13 districts.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com News|date=2021-02-08|title=Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Elections First Phase on Tuesday, Polling to Begin at 6.30 AM|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/andhra-pradesh-panchayat-elections-first-phase-on-tuesday-polling-to-begin-at-6-30-am-4407037/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=India News, Breaking News {{!}} India.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-09|title=Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayat elections underway; check Phase 1 poll districts|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/andhra-pradesh-gram-panchayat-elections-underway-check-phase-1-poll-districts-2340661.html|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref> In the first phase, 29,732 polling stations were set up.<ref>{{Cite news|title=First phase of AP panchayat elections sees 82% voter turnout|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/newnation/first-phase-of-ap-panchayat-elections-sees-82-voter-turnout/articleshow/80771305.cms|access-date=2021-02-10}}</ref>

Urban local body elections to 12 [[Municipal corporation (India)|municipal corporations]] and 75 [[Municipal council (India)|municipal]] and [[Nagar panchayat|town]] councils will be held on 10 March, with a possible second round on 13 March.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2021/feb/15/andhra-pradesh-municipal-polls-to-be-held-on-march-10-counting-on-march-14-2264275.html|title=Andhra Pradesh municipal polls to be held on March 10, counting on March 14|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=15 February 2021|access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref>

Elections in the state to [[District council (India)|district]] and [[Panchayat samiti|township]] panchayats will be scheduled at a later date.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/andhra-gram-panchayat-elections-be-held-february-2021-137850|title=Andhra Gram Panchayat elections to be held in February 2021|website=[[The News Minute]]|date=18 November 2020|access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>

== Grama Panchayati elections ==

=== Election schedule ===
State Election Commission, headed by [[Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar|N. Ramesh Kumar]], appointed K. Kanna Babu, IAS as Secretary of SEC and [[Nidigattu Sanjay|N. Sanjay]], IPS to provide leadership for local elections.<ref>The Hindu, ''Poll Commission call centre receives 196 plaints on first day'', 12 February, 2021.[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/poll-commission-call-centre-receives-196-plaints-on-first-day/article33819914.ece]</ref>
==== Phase 1 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Local Body Election Event
!Date
|-
|Election Date Announcement
|29 January 2021
|-
|Last Date for Filling Nominations
|31 January 2021
|-
|Scrutiny
|1 February 2021
|-
|Withdrawal Last Date
|4 February 2021
|-
|Voting
|9 February 2021
|-
|Results
|10 February 2021 (Total)
|}

==== Phase 2 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Local Body Election Event
!Date
|-
|Election Date Announcement
|2 February 2021
|-
|Last Date for Filling Nominations
|4 February 2021
|-
|Scrutiny
|5 February 2021
|-
|Withdrawal Last Date
|8 February 2021
|-
|Voting
|13 February 2021
|-
|Results
|14 February 2021 (Total)
|}

==== Phase 3 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Local Body Election Event
!Date
|-
|Election Date Announcement
|6 February 2021
|-
|Last Date for Filling Nominations
|8 February 2021
|-
|Scrut
|9 February 2021
|-
|Withdrawal Last Date
|12 February 2021
|-
|Voting
|17 February 2021
|-
|Results
|18 February 2021 (total)
|}

==== Phase 4 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Local Body Election Event
!Date
|-
|Election Date Announcement
|10 February 2021
|-
|Last Date for Filling Nominations
|12 February 2021
|-
|Scrutiny
|13 February 2021
|-
|Withdrawal Last Date
|16 February 2021
|-
|Voting
|21 February 2021
|-
|Results
|22 February 2021 (total)
|}

=== Elections held ===

==== Phase 1 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!District
!No. of Grama Panchayatis
!No. of Wards
!Voting Turnout
|-
|[[Anantapur district|Anantapuramu]]
|169
|1715
|
|-
|[[Chittoor district|Chittoor]]
|454
|4142
|79.33%
|-
|[[East Godavari]]
|366
|4100
|82.81%
|-
|[[Guntur district|Guntur]]
|337
|3442
|
|-
|[[Kadapa district|Kadapa]]
|206
|2068
|
|-
|[[Krishna district|Krishna]]
|234
|2502
|86.06%
|-
|[[Kurnool district|Kurnool]]
|193
|1922
|
|-
|[[Nellore district|Nellore]]
|163
|1566
|
|-
|[[Prakasam district|Prakasam]]
|229
|2344
|
|-
|[[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]
|319
|2920
|75.77%
|-
|[[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
|340
|3250
|84.23%
|-
|[[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]]
|0
|0
|No election held
|-
|[[West Godavari district|West Godavari]]
|239
|2552
|80.29%
|-
!Total
!3249
!32502
!81.78%
|}

==== Phase 2 ====
In the second phase, 539 sarpanch seats have been unanimously won, So, there is no election in those grama panchayatis. The elections were held in 18 revenue divisions and 167 mandals.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!District
!No. of Grama Panchayatis
!No. of Wards
!Voting Turnout
|-
|[[Anantapur district|Anantapuramu]]
|310
|
|84.65%
|-
|[[Chittoor district|Chittoor]]
|276
|
|77.20%
|-
|[[East Godavari]]
|247
|
|
|-
|[[Guntur district|Guntur]]
|236
|
|85.51%
|-
|[[Kadapa district|Kadapa]]
|175
|
|80.47%
|-
|[[Krishna district|Krishna]]
|211
|
|84.12%
|-
|[[Kurnool district|Kurnool]]
|240
|
|80.76%
|-
|[[Nellore district|Nellore]]
|194
|
|78.04%
|-
|[[Prakasam district|Prakasam]]
|277
|
|86.93%
|-
|[[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]
|278
|
|
|-
|[[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
|261
|
|
|-
|[[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]]
|415
|
|
|-
|[[West Godavari district|West Godavari]]
|210
|
|81.75%
|-
!Total
!3328
!20
!81.61%
|}
==== Results ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Party
!Symbol
!All Phases 1-4-Seats Won
!Vote Share
|-
|YSRCP
|
|10382
|56-60%
|-
|TDP
|
|2063
|32-35%
|-
|Janasena+others
|
|475
|6-8%
|}

== Urban local body/ Municipal elections ==
The elections were previously scheduled on March 23 were post-poned due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]]. The election process will be continued from the previous nominations filed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bandari|first=Pavan Kumar|date=2021-02-15|title=Andhra Pradesh: SEC contemplates to start Municipal Elections process soon|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-sec-contemplates-to-start-municipal-elections-process-soon-672188|access-date=2021-02-16|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref> The elections will be held in 12 municipal corporations and 75 municipalities or nagara panchaytis. Elections will not be conducted in [[Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation]], [[Nellore Municipal Corporation]], [[Srikakulam Municipal Corporation]] and 29 municipalities/nagara panchaytis.

=== Election schedule ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Local Body Election Event
!Date
|-
|Nominations Withdrawal Last Date
|3 March 2021
|-
|Election campaign Last Date
|8 March 2021
|-
|Voting
|10 March,12 March and 13 March 2021
|-
|Results
|14 March 2021 (Total)
|}

=== Election results ===

==== Municipal corporations ====

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
Seats won
!Municipal corporation
!Total wards
![[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
![[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
![[Jana Sena Party|JSP]]+[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
![[Indian National Congress|INC]]+[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]+[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
![[Independent Politician|Independent]]
|-
|[[2021 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation election|Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation]]
|98
|58
|30
|4
|2
|4
|-
|[[Vijayawada Municipal Corporation]]
|64
|49
|14
|0
|1
|0
|-
|[[Guntur Municipal Corporation]]
|57
|44
|9
|2
|0
|2
|-
|[[Tirupati Municipal Corporation]]
|50
|48
|1
|0
|0
|0
|-
|[[Kakinada Municipal Corporation]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Kurnool Municipal Corporation]]
|52
|41
|8
|0
|0
|3
|-
|[[Ongole Municipal Corporation]]
|50
|41
|6
|1
|0
|2
|-
|[[Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation]]
|50
|44
|5
|1
|0
|0
|-
|[[Kadapa Municipal Corporation]]
|50
|48
|1
|0
|0
|1
|-
|[[Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation]]
|50
|48
|1
|0
|0
|1
|-
|[[Anantapuramu Municipal Corporation]]
|50
|48
|0
|0
|0
|2
|-
|[[Eluru Municipal Corporation]]
|50
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Chittoor Municipal Corporation]]
|50
|46
|3
|1
|0
|1
|-
|[[Nellore Municipal Corporation]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|}

==== Municipalities ====

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Municipality
!Total wards
![[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
![[Jana Sena Party|JSP]]+[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
![[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
!Independents+Others
|-
|[[Ichchapuram Municipality]]
|23
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Palasa-Kasibugga Municipality]]
|31
|28
|
|
|
|-
|[[Palakonda]]
|20
|18
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bobbili|Bobbili Municipality]]
|31
|30
|
|
|
|-
|[[Parvathipuram Municipality]]
|30
|29
|
|
|
|-
|[[Salur|Salur Municipality]]
|29
|27
|
|
|
|-
|[[Nellimarla]]
|20
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Narsipatnam|Narsipatnam Municipality]]
|28
|26
|
|
|
|-
|[[Elamanchili|Elamanchili Municipality]]
|25
|24
|
|
|
|-
|[[Amalapuram|Amalapuram Municipality]]
|30
|28
|
|
|
|-
|[[Tuni]]
|30
|29
|
|
|
|-
|[[Pithapuram|Pithapuram Municipality]]
|30
|30
|
|
|
|-
|[[Samalkota|Samalkota Municipality]]
|31
|29
|
|
|
|-
|[[Mandapeta|Mandapeta Municipality]]
|30
|28
|
|
|
|-
|[[Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari|Ramachandrapuram]]
|28
|26
|
|
|
|-
|[[Peddapuram|Peddapuram Municipality]]
|29
|29
|
|
|
|-
|[[Yeleswaram]]
|20
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Gollaprolu]]
|20
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Mummidivaram]]
|20
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Narasapuram Municipality]]
|31
|29
|
|
|
|-
|[[Nidadavolu|Nidadavolu Municipality]]
|28
|28
|
|
|
|-
|[[Kovvur|Kovvur Municipality]]
|23
|22
|
|
|
|-
|[[Jangareddygudem]]
|29
|28
|
|
|
|-
|[[Nuzvid|Nuzvid Municipality]]
|32
|30
|
|
|
|-
|[[Pedana|Pedana Municipality]]
|23
|23
|
|
|
|-
|[[Vuyyuru|Vuyyuru Municipality]]
|20
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Nandigama]]
|20
|28
|
|
|
|-
|[[Tiruvuru]]
|20
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Tenali Municipality]]
|40
|38
|
|
|
|-
|[[Chilakaluripet Municipality]]
|38
|38
|
|
|
|-
|[[Repalle Municipality]]
|28
|28
|
|
|
|-
|[[Macherla|Macherla Municipality]]
|31
|31
|0
|0
|0
|-
|[[Sattenapalle]]
|31
|28
|
|
|
|-
|[[Vinukonda|Vinukonda Municipality]]
|32
|29
|
|
|
|-
|[[Piduguralla|Piduguralla Municipality]]
|33
|33
|
|
|
|-
|[[Chirala Municipality]]
|33
|33
|
|
|
|-
|[[Markapur|Markapur Municipality]]
|35
|35
|
|
|
|-
|[[Addanki]]
|20
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Chimakurthy Municipality]]
|20
|18
|
|2
|
|-
|[[Kanigiri]]
|20
|18
|
|
|
|-
|[[Giddaluru]]
|20
|18
|
|
|
|-
|[[Venkatagiri]]
|25
|25
|
|
|
|-
|[[Atmakur, Nellore District|Atmakur]]
|23
|21
|
|
|
|-
|[[Sullurpeta]]
|25
|23
|
|
|
|-
|[[Naidupeta|Naidupeta Municipality]]
|25
|23
|
|
|
|-
|[[Hindupur|Hindupur Municipality]]
|38
|36
|
|
|
|-
|[[Guntakal|Guntakal Municipality]]
|37
|37
|
|
|
|-
|[[Tadipatri|Tadipatri Municipality]]
|36
|16
|
|
|
|-
|[[Dharmavaram Municipality]]
|40
|38
|
|
|
|-
|[[Kadiri|Kadiri Municipality]]
|36
|34
|
|
|
|-
|[[Rayadurg|Rayadurg Municipality]]
|32
|30
|
|
|
|-
|[[Gooty|Gooty Municipality]]
|25
|23
|
|
|
|-
|[[Kalyandurg|Kalyandurgam Municipality]]
|24
|22
|2
|
|
|-
|[[Puttaparthi|Puttaparthi Municipality]]
|20
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Madakasira]]
|20
|18
|
|
|
|-
|[[Adoni Municipality]]
|42
|40
|
|
|
|-
|[[Nandyal|Nandyal Municipality]]
|42
|42
|
|
|
|-
|[[Yemmiganur|Yemmiganur Municipality]]
|34
|33
|
|
|
|-
|[[Dhone|Dhone Municipality]]
|32
|32
|
|
|
|-
|[[Nandikotkur|Nandikotkur Municipality]]
|29
|29
|
|
|
|-
|[[Gudur]]
|20
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Allagadda|Allagadda Municipality]]
|27
|25
|
|
|
|-
|[[Atmakur, Kurnool district|Atmakur Municipality]]
|24
|23
|
|
|
|-
|[[Proddatur|Proddatur Municipality]]
|41
|39
|
|
|
|-
|[[Pulivendula|Pulivendula Municipality]]
|33
|33
|
|
|
|-
|[[Jammalamadugu]]
|20
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Badvel|Badvel Municipality]]
|35
|35
|
|
|
|-
|[[Rayachoti|Rayachoti Municipality]]
|34
|34
|
|
|
|-
|[[Mydukur|Mydukur Municipality]]
|24
|22
|
|
|
|-
|[[Yerraguntla]]
|20
|20
|
|
|
|-
|[[Madanapalle|Madanapalle Municipality]]
|35
|33
|
|
|
|-
|[[Punganur|Punganur Municipality]]
|31
|29
|
|
|
|-
|[[Palamaner|Palamaner Municipality]]
|26
|26
|
|
|
|-
|[[Nagari, Andhra Pradesh|Nagari Municipality]]
|29
|28
|
|
|
|-
|[[Puttur, Andhra Pradesh|Puttur Municipality]]
|27
|26
|
|
|
|-
!Total
|
|
|
|
|
|}

==== Nagar Panchayats ====

== See also ==

* [[2021 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation election]]
* [[2021 Vijayawada Municipal Corporation election]]
* [[2021 Guntur Municipal Corporation election]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

*[https://sec.ap.gov.in/Doc21/GramPanchayats_Election_Schedule.pdf Four phase Grama Panchayati election schedule]{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://sec.ap.gov.in/Doc21/ULB_Elections_2021_Notifications.pdf Urban Local Bodies election notification and schedule]{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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