The State Election Commission (SEC) has postponed the Maidukuru municipal election in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. The scrutiny of nomination papers has become difficult due to their being torn, and for this reason, the election process is being stopped, State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha said.

Punetha clarified that this decision was taken based on the report given by the District Collector. "The scrutiny of nomination papers has become difficult.. We have taken this decision in this context. As per the report of the District Collector, we are postponing the municipal elections in Maidukuru. We will give a new notification for the election process there," he explained.

At the same time, the SEC has also released the schedule for the MPTC and ZPTC elections to be held across the state. Accordingly, nominations will be received from October 21 to 23. October 24 has been fixed as the last date for scrutiny of nominations and 27 as the last date for withdrawal of nominations. Polling will be held on November 3 and counting of votes will be done on November 5. 

Elections will be held for 28 Zilla Parishads, 659 ZPTCs and 9,829 MPTC seats in the state through this election. A total of 2,81,34,518 voters will exercise their right to vote.