Merely one day left for last date of filing nominations for the by-elections on 12 MLC seats of 9 local bodies in the state, no hustle-bustle is yet visible in the political circles either from any side in Rangareddy district.
The state election commission has already announced by-elections on 12 MLC seats of 9 local bodies in the state soon after the Huzurabad by-election where the ruling TRS Party tasted a numbing loss against BJP.
By-elections were declared on 12 seats of nine local bodies wherein Rangareddy district is going for polling on two MLC seats represented by Patnam Mahender Reddy and Sunkari Raju whose terms are about to complete on January 4, 2022.
Other 8 local bodies, where the by-elections are declared, include Adilabad, Warangal, Nalgonda, Medak, Nizamabad, Khamam, Karimnagar and Mahabubnagar. Except Rangareddy, Mahabubnagar and Karimnagar – where the polling is to be held on two MLC seats each, the other 6 local bodies have to vote for one seat each.
As per the rules only the representatives of local bodies such as Chairman, Vice Chairman, Corporators, Councilors, ZPTCs and MPTCs can franchise vote in council by-elections to elect their favorite candidate.
It is said that there are a total 134 electors in the entire Rajendranagar revenue division consisting of Gandipet, Serilingampally, Rajendranagar and Shamshabad mandals. Rajendranagar Mandal alone carries five GHMC wards such as Rajendranagr, Attapur, Mailardevpally, Shastripuram and Suleman Nagar.
While the notification was issued on November 16, the last date of filing nomination is November 23. Though the scrutiny of nominations would be done on November 24, the candidate can withdraw their nominations by November 26. Following the polling on December 10, the counting of votes would be held on December 14 and the result will be declared the same day.
The Collector Rangareddy district was appointed as returning officer while the Tahsildar Rajendranagar Mandal has been made incharge to make arrangements at the counting centre at Veterinary College, Rajendranagar.
