Officials take charge of the election material that arrived at the Swarna Bharathi Indoor Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday, ahead of the local body elections. File | Photo Credit: V. Raju
Political activity in the city has picked up following the Andhra Pradesh government’s release of G.O. Ms. No. 252, which finalises the reservation categories for the posts of Mayor in the State’s 17 municipal corporations, including the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) here.
Issued by Principal Secretary S. Suresh Kumar on Monday (October 12, 2026), the notification reserves the GVMC Mayor post for Women (General).
The upcoming civic polls follow a major change in local body governance enacted by the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly through the Municipal Laws (Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2026. The legislation restored the direct election of Mayors and Chairpersons of urban local bodies for a fixed five-year term, reversing the indirect election model that had been in place since August 2005.
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