AP legislative council revived after 22 yrs

The Andhra Pradesh legislative council has come into existence once again after a gap of 22 years. The council was abolished way back in 1985. At a simple function at Raj Bhavan, Governor Rameshwar Thakur administered the oath of office to pro-tem legislative council chairman Puvvada Nageswara Rao on Monday morning.

Soon after, the Governor inaugurated the renovated council building located in the magnificent Jubilee Hall complex in the Public Gardens premises. The pro-tem chairman later administered the oath of office to the other members of the newly-constituted council. Though the council has a total strength of 90 members, only 64 members took the oath on Monday. Elections were conducted for 75 out of the 78 elected seats.

The results of polls to 31 seats from the legislative assembly quota, eight seats each for graduates and teachers and five out of 28 local authorities' constituencies were announced. However, the counting of votes for the remaining 26 local authorities' seats has been put on hold following an inquiry by the Election Commission into alleged irregularities in polling by the ruling Congress supporters in eight districts.

The Governor also filled up the seats of 12 nominated members. The state legislative council was first constituted on July 7, 1958 under Article 168 of the Constitution and inaugurated by the then President Dr Rajendra Prasad. Madapati Hanumantha Rao was its first chairman. The council was abolished by the previous Telugu Desam government on May 31, 1985 since the then chief minister N T Rama Rao felt that it was redundant and caused a drain on the state exchequer. However, it is believed that the real reason was that NTR found it difficult to push through controversial legislations and policy decisions in the Upper House which was at that time dominated by the Congress. Incidentally, it was Congress government at the Centre under Rajiv Gandhi's stewardship that enacted AP Legislative Council (Abolition) Act, despite stiff opposition from state Congress leaders who argued that the scrapping the council was against the party's interests in the state. Later, in 1990, the then Congress government made an attempt for revival of the council but in vain. Subsequently, the Congress again promised revival of the council in its manifesto for 2004 assembly polls.

After snatching power from the Telugu Desam, the Congress made fresh efforts to revive the council. Basing on a resolution passed by the state legislative assembly, the UPA government enacted the AP Legislative Council Bill in December 2005 for revival of the council. The Bill received the President's assent in January 2006 but it took almost a year for the Election Commission to complete the formalities for constitution of the council and for conduct of elections to fill the seats under various categories in the reconstituted Upper House. After delimitation of graduates and teachers' constituencies, the enrolment of voters for these seats was done. Elections to teachers, graduates and local authorities' constituencies were held on March 17 this year.

The polls for the seats from Assembly quota were held on March 22. The election of the legislative council Chairman is scheduled on April 3 morning after receipt of nominations till Monday evening. Senior Congress member A Chakrapani is likely to be unanimously elected as the first chairman of the revived council.

Though the members of the reconstituted council include a number of former ministers, ex-legislators and former parliamentarians mainly belonging to the Congress, only seven members served as members of legislative council earlier. The MLCs enjoy the same privileges and perks as the members of the legislative assembly.

The legislative council will have five special committees of its own relating to privileges, ethics, rules, papers laid and assurances, while the other committees will be common for both the Houses. The legislative council, which is akin to the Rajya Sabha, will have only have an advisory role and no veto power. It has to approve all the Bills that are passed by the assembly. The council can only return a particular bill to the assembly for reconsideration.

MLC Elections: Governor Nominated MLCs

• Kamalakar Rao
• Majji Sharada
• Rajeshwara Rao
• PV Ranga Rao
• A Chakrapani
• MV Rao
• K Janardhan reddy
• Shaik Hussain
• K Rajyalaxmi
• Radha Krishniah
• T Kutumba Rao
• Jupudi Prabahakar Rao

Andhra Pradesh MLC elections: Graduate & Teachers Constituency MLC Winners

Srikakulam-Vizianagaram- Visakhapatnam
Sri M.V.S.SARAMA INDEPENDENT

East-West Godavari
Sri KATCHA GEORGE VICTOR INDEPENDENT

Krishna-Guntur
Sri CH. VARA PRASAD TELUGU DESAM

Prakasam-Nellore-Chittoor
Sri BALASUBRAMANYAM VITAPU INDEPENDENT

Kadapa-Anantapur-Kurnool
Sri VENKATA SIVA REDDY MUNDLA TELUGU DESAM

Mahabubnagar-Ranga Reddy- Hyderabad
Sri Dr. K.NAGESHWAR INDEPENDENT

Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar
Sri R.SATYANARAYANA T.R.S

Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda
Sri KAPILAVAI DILIP KUMAR T.R.S
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Srikakulam-Vizianagaram- Visakhapatnam Teachers'
Sri GADE SRINIVASULU NAIDU INDEPENDENT

East-West Godavari Teachers'
Sri NALLAMALLI SESHA REDDY (ADITYA REDDY) INDEPENDENT

Krishna-Guntur Teachers'
Sri K.S.LAKSHMANA RAOINDEPENDENT

Prakasam-Nellore-Chittoor Teachers'
Sri DACHURI RAMIREDDY INDEPENDENT

Kadapa-Anantapur-Kurnool Teachers'
Sri POCHIM REDDY SUBBA REDDY INDEPENDENT

Mahabubnagar-Ranga Reddy- Hyderabad Teachers'
Sri P.SUDHAKAR REDDY INDEPENDENT

Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Teachers'
Sri B.MOHAN REDDY INDEPENDENT

Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Teachers'
Sri CHUKKA RAMAIAH INDEPENDENT

Dr. Nageshwar: Winner of MLC elections from HYD-RR-MBNR Graduates Constituency

Counting for MLC elections finished early morning today. I stood in12th poistion among 57 contestants from Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-MahbubNagar Graduates Constituency.

Dr. Nageshwar, Journalism Professor from OU managed to win theelections silently. He had support from CPI/CPM party as well assupport from several trade unions and employee unions. Though therewere several contestants spent more than crore rupees they could notmake an impact in the elections. Atlast Voters has proved that theyare the "KINGS". With his election tag line " Money Power or MindPower - Medhavula Sabhaku Medhavulanu Pampandi" Dr Nageswar hasproved that Mind Power is superior than Money Power

The following is the Top 12 candidates.

1. Dr. Nageshwar
2. PL Srinivas
3. GR Karunakar
4. Yennam Srinivas Reddy
5. AVN Reddy
6. VN Reddy
7. Jagapathi Rao
8. Gopala Krishna
10 Hyder Ali
9 Lakshmaiah
11 Kolla Venkata Rao
12 Allipuram Rajsekhar Reddy
13.U Anajaneyulu and others followed.

Over all it has been a great learning experience for me and I am sure I will carry forward the same enthusiasm further. Being theyoungest contestant and only one from Software Industry, I was appreciated by all Contestants, Election Commission and Peoplefor taking initation to contest, following all the rules andregulations of Election Commission and spending very less amount for the elections.

MLC Winner from Hyd-RR-MBNR: Dr. Nageshwar: Mind Power or Money Power

Counting for MLC elections finished early morning today. I stood in12th poistion among 57 contestants from Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-MahbubNagar Graduates Constituency.Dr. Nageshwar, Journalism Professor from OU managed to win theelections silently. He had support from CPI/CPM party as well assupport from several trade unions and employee unions.

Though therewere several contestants spent more than crore rupees they could notmake an impact in the elections. Atlast Voters has proved that theyare the "KINGS". With his election tag line " Money Power or MindPower - Medhavula Sabhaku Medhavulanu Pampandi" Dr Nageswar hasproved that Mind Power is superior than Money PowerThe following is the Top 12 candidates.

1. Dr. Nageshwar
2. PL Srinivas
3. GR Karunakar
4. Yennam Srinivas Reddy
5. AVN Reddy
6. VN Reddy
7. Jagapathi Rao
8. Gopala Krishna
9 Lakshmaiah
10 Hyderabad Ali
11 Kolla Venkata Rao
12 Allipuram Rajsekhar Reddy
13.U Anajaneyulu

Over all it has been a great learning experience for me and I amsure I will carry forward the same enthusiasm further. Being theyoungest contestant and only one from Software Industry, I wasappreciated by all Contestants, Election Commission and Peoplefor taking initation to contest, following all the rules andregulations of Election Commission.

MLC Elections: Thank you one and all !!!

I wish you and your family members a happyUGADI. Polling for MLC elections for Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-MahbubNagar Constituency happened on 17th. Elections went on peacefully. About 1.10 lakh voters have utlised their vote in the election among2.12 lakh graduate voters.

As you all know that I have contested fromthe same constituency. I was the youngest among all MLC contestantsand only one from IT industry who took initiation to contest in the elections. I have made a great imapact in the elections by spending very less amount and utlised all the resources like Internet, email,word of mouth, SMS, friends, well wishers and Media.

Special thanks to all my friends for helping me in whatever possible way they could.Especially I would like to Thank few people who really helped me to the greatextent.

My special thanks goes to Thirupathi Reddy, Sudhakar, Brahmanand , Santosh Reddy, Rakesh , Kishore, Rahul , Sudhakar Reddy, Madhav Reddy, Dinesh Reddy, Praveen Reddy, Ravinder , Jagan Reddy, Malla Reddy, Venkat, Ramakrishna , Jayachandra Reddy, Challa Reddy, Sankar Reddy Bandi, Sharath Vemula, VijayBhaskar Reddy, Srinivas Reddy Thota, Ramana Reddy Mekala, Bharath , Srimant, Ravi Mayreddy, Ranjeeth, Pradeep Reddy Patlolla, Gopi Reddy Sirineni,Venkat Reddy of GreatAndhra, Venkat Reddy of Alex Construction, Srinivas Rao, Sudhakar Seelam, Raghu Papsani and other friends and supports have been helping me a lot for the last 4 months.

Thanks to the people who have contributed for my election campiagn costsespecially- Krishna Reddy who have provided with Car + Petrol + Driver- Ramakrishna Reddy of JMD Real Estate for sponsoring the leaflets and donatingRs.10000 for election expenses- Venkat Reddy for sponsoring the visiting Cards- Srinivas Reddy thota of ReddyPariwar for taking care of all the Printingrelated responsibilities-

Srinivas Reddy of www.ReddyGenerators.com for his financial and physicalsupport. He sponsored Tv9 Scrolls and helped me to paste the posters in OU andTranaka region.

- Monetary Contributions from Ramakrishna Reddy, Thirupathi Reddy, Arvind Reddy,Prashant Reddy, Venkat Reddy(EG), Ramana Reddy Munagala, RamanaReddy(AUSTRALIA), Gopi Reddy Sirineni, Pradeep Reddy, Ganesh Gella of Microsoft,Venugopal Reddy, Laxman Reddy, Guda Sidharth Reddy, Satyapal Reddy, PreethamReddy, Ravikiran Reddy (UK) and several others. I will send the detailed list inthe next email.- Web Banner ads help by Venkat Reddy( greatandhra.com), Bitra Nageswararao(banajarahills.com), Prasad Kunisetty(telugupeople.com), AndhraStudio.com,Ranjeeth.com- Media, advertisment and print support by Thota Srinivas Reddy

The counting will be held on 25th at Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy Stadium,Yusufguda, Hyderabad from 8 AM onwards. I would request all of you to be there.Once again, thank you to one and all whoever helped me in this whole electionprocess. This is a great learning experience and I am sure this is going to help me in the future in varius ways..

Allipuram Rajsekhar Reddy's Advertisement in Eenadu Ranga Reddy District

First Name in the Ballot Paper First Name - First Preference

Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Mahbub Nagar Graduates Constituency Contestants List - Ballot Paper Wise List

1 Allipuram Rajashaker Reddy Nationalist Congress Party ( Its Me)
2 G.R. Karunakar Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Yennam Srinivas Reddy Telangana Rashtra Samithi
4 P.L. Srinivas Telugu Desam
5 Andhe Satyanarayana Independent
6 Ananta Ramaiah Miriyala Independent
7 Abdul Azeez Khan Independent
8 Abdus Sattar Mujahed Independent
9 Ayyalapu Venkat Narayan Reddy (A.V.N.Reddy) Independent
10 Anjaneyulu. U Independent
11 P. Indra Kumar Independent
12 CH. Omer Nathan Independent
13 Kaparthi Yadagiri Independent
14 Kakani Seshagiri Rao (K.S.Rao) Independent
15 Katragadda Venkateswar Rao Independent
16 D.Krishna Murthy Independent
17 Kommareddy Jagan Mohan Reddy Independent
18 Kolla Venkata Rao Independent
19 Gudapati Venkata Rao Independent
20 M. Gopala Krishna Independent
21 Chilakapati Eswara Chandra Vidyasagar Independent
22 Jagapathi Rao Independent
23 Zulfequar Alam Independent
24 B. Dasharatha Independent
25 P. Nagi Reddy Independent
26 Dr. K.Nageshwar Independent
27 Narla Sita Ram Babu Independent
28 Pottabathini Padmavathi Independent
29 Polisetty Krishna Rao (P.K.Rao) Independent
30 Polisetti Madhava Rao Independent
31 C. Bhikshamaiah Independent
32 P. Madhusudan Independent
33 G. Mahatma Reddy Independent
34 M. Madhava Chary Independent
35 Mamidigalla John Babu Independent
36 G. Muralidhar Rao Independent
37 D.S.Murty Independent
38 MD. Mohiuddin Independent
39 G.Ranga Rao Independent
40 G. Ram Bhoopal Reddy Independent
41 G.Rama Moorthy Independent
42 Dr.Rao V.B.J.Chelikani Independent
43 V.N. Reddy Independent
44 K. Laxmaiah Independent
45 G.Laxminnarayana Independent
46 Shanthi Neelam Independent
47 Captain T.Seshachalapathi Independent
48 S. Sreenivas Reddy Independent
49 R.Sri Sailam Independent
50 Shiak Shahjahan Independent
51 Syed Mehmoodul Hasan Hashmi Independent
52 Syed Hyder Ali Independent
53 K. Siddeshwar Independent
54 Seetaramam Karra Independent
55 Sukumar Reddy Kaku Independent
56 Hussain Ali Khan Independent
57 Mohd.Hyder Ali Khan Independent

My Ad in the Local News Paper

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council polls too expensive!

Finance Minister K Rosaiah has been saying that the restoration of Legislative Council and the recurring expenditure on running the Upper House will not cause much burden on the exchequer: it would not be more than Rs 7 crore to Rs 8 crore per annum, which he says is a peanut compared to the Rs 50,000 crore annual budget. However, if one looks at the way the money being spent by the candidates fighting to get into the Legislative Council, one is sure to get a rude shock. The overall expenditure being incurred by the candidates on the campaigning will be not less than Rs 100 crore. According to sources, the Congress candidates had to shell down lakhs of rupees to please their bosses and get the tickets, leave alone the campaign expenditure. And the Telugu Desam candidates, too, are not lagging behind. Most of these candidates hail from affluent sections and hence, are not hesitating to spend money like water.

A number of candidates fighting for the graduates' constituency represent Corporate Colleges, which had made crores of rupees in the last five or six years. And they donated lakhs of rupees to Telugu Desam as well as the Congress. What is more surprising is that even candidates fighting from teachers' constituencies are spending huge amounts. The teachers' union leaders are collecting donations from the teachers towards electioneering. And the style of electioneering is no less than that of an MLA election. Unlike in the past, when the Council candidates used to campaign through personal canvassing or by word of mouth, this time, the candidates are putting up banners, posters and huge cut-outs and even hiring vehicles in large numbers.

Since there is no restriction by the Election Commission of India on the expenditure on MLC elections (unlike in the case of Assembly elections), the candidates are going overboard to spend money. It remains to be seen how these candidates recover their expenditure after getting elected!!

Filed my Nomination papers for MLC Elections from Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahbubnagar Constituency

I ( Allipuram Rajasekhar Reddy) am glad to inform all of you that I have filed my nominations for MLC Elections(Shasana Mandali) from Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahbub Nagar Graduates Constituency on 21st Wednesday at around 11.45 AM to the AP legislative Coucil Elections Asst Returning Officer Mr. Ravi Babu. The elections will be held on March 17th, 2007. I have filed 2 sets of nomination papers.

There are about 50 supportes, mostly Software Engineers from different companies of mine were there with me at the time of nomination. I thank you one and all for making it to the Nomination office at MCH Main Building, Liberty especially Mr. Thirupathi Reddy from DELL, JMD Ramakrishna Reddy, Madhav Reddy from BSNL, Brahmananda Reddy, Santosh, Sudhakar, Laxma Reddy Ramana Reddy, Marreddy Krishna Reddy, Thota Srinivas Reddy
etc. I also thank Murali Krishna, Mr. Govnid for helping me with the filing of nominations. The Next day of the nomination, My photo has appeared in Eenadu in Hyderabad District edition.

As the nomination is filed, I would request everyone to help me to campaign for My MLC elections. I feel that I stand in the top 5 contestants at this moment and If I work hard with all your support, I have very good chances of winning, provided if you all are with me. I need your time, suggestions, ideas, help, contributions, knowledge, and contacts to go ahead and do aggressive campaign. All of you should educate all the voters on voting process and polling date and request everyone to go for voting on 17th march 2007.

MLC VOTER LIST LINKS
http://203.199.178.91/ ( you can search for voter name)
http://ceoandhra.nic.in/council/aplc.html ( PDF files of all
Districts)

* Note: To confirm your voter registration, please call us at Phone1 # 9866269362 Phone2 # 9949762000 or email us at allipuram@gmail.com

MLC Constituencies (Local Bodies, Graduates, Teachers) List

LOCAL AUTHORITIES’ CONSTITUENCIES
1. Srikakulam Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
2. Vizianagaram Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
3. Visakhapatnam Local Authorities’ Constituency
2
4. East Godavari Local Authorities’ Constituency
2
5. West Godavari Local Authorities’ Constituency
2
6. Krishna Local Authorities’ Constituency
2
7. Guntur Local Authorities’ Constituency
2
8. Prakasam Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
9. Nellore Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
10. Chittoor Local Authorities’ Constituency
2
11. Kadapa Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
12. Anantapur Local Authorities’ Constituency
2
13. Kurnool Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
14. Mahbubnagar Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
15. Medak Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
16. Nizamabad Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
17. Adilabad Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
18. Karimnagar Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
19. Warangal Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
20. Khammam Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
21. Nalgonda Local Authorities’ Constituency
1
II. GRADUATES’ CONSTITUENCIES
22. Srikakulam-Vizianagaram-Visakhapatnam Graduates’ Constituency
1
23. East-West Godavari Graduates’ Constituency
1
24. Krishna-Guntur Graduates’ Constituency
1
25. Prakasam-Nellore-Chittoor Graduates’ Constituency
1
26. Kadapa-Anantapur-Kurnool Graduates’ Constituency
1
27. Mahabubnagar-Ranga Reddy-Hyderabad Graduates’ Constituency
1
28. Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates’ Constituency
1
29. Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates’ Constituency
1
II. TEACHER’ CONSTITUENCIES
30. Srikakulam-Vizianagaram-Visakhapatnam Teachers’ Constituency
1
31. East-West Godavari Teachers’ Constituency
1
32. Krishna-Guntur Teachers’ Constituency
1
33 Prakasam-Nellore-Chittoor Teachers’ Constituency
1
34. Kadapa-Anantapur-Kurnool Teachers’ Constituency
1
35. Mahabubnagar-Ranga Reddy-Hyderabad Teachers’
Constituency
1
36. Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Teachers’
Constituency
1
37. Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Teachers’ Constituency
1
Now, therefore, in pursuance of sections 30 and 56 of the said Act, the Election Commission of India hereby –

(A) appoints, with respect to the said election in each of the Constituencies, -
(a) the 22nd February 2007 (Thursday), as the last date for making nominations;
(b) the 23rd February 2007 (Friday), as the date for the scrutiny of the nominations;
(c) the 26th February 2007 (Monday), as the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures;
(d) the 17th March 2007 (Saturday), as the date on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken; and
(e) the 26th March 2007 (Monday) as the date before which the election shall be completed; and
(B) fixes the hours from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., as the hours during which the poll shall, if necessary, be taken , on the date specified above, for the election.
The term of the members elected at the above elections shall be determined after the completion of the election in accordance with the provisions of Section 156(1) of Representation of People Act, 1951.

MLC Elections: 21st February Wednesday, 2007 Its nominations time !

As MLC elections(Legislative Council-Shasana Mandali) Notification has come, I am planning to file my nomination on 21st, February, 2007in between 11-11.55 AM. As you all are aware, I am contesting from Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahbub Nagar graduates MLC Constituency.

Date & Time: 21st February Wednesday, 2007

Location: MCH office Ground Floor, Near Liberty HyderabadHence I request you all to be present at the time of nominations timeand show our strength.Now its time for all of us to spend some more time for me to campaignand spread the word about my candidature to all yourfriends/relatives/elders/parents/government employees/teachers/voters

MLC VOTER LIST LINKS http://203.199.178.91/ ( you can search for voter name)http://ceoandhra.nic.in/council/aplc.html ( PDF files of allDistricts)

Salaries and Allowances to Elected MLCs

Its surprise to know that the salaries and allowances of MLCs are on par with Elected MLAs. Elected MLCs can become Chief Minister or cabinet Ministers or Chief Wips. Thefollowing beniefits are available for elected MLCs.

- 30,000 km Train Travel Free across India
- Base Salary Rs. 2500
- Constituency Allowance: Rs.5000
- Travel Convenience Allowance: 5000
- Contingance Allowance: 1500
- Telephone allowance: 8000
- Security Car Allowance: 15000
- Accommodation Allowance: 3000
- Medial allowance: 3000
- Daily allowance Rs. 300 if MLC attends council meetings or official meetings
- Advance to buy Vehicle: 2.5 Lakhs
- Computer/Laptop Allowance: Rs.89000 provided if u pay 17,250 intial payment.
- Upto 1 Lakh rupees reimbursement if MLC goes for a heart/kidney/cancer/neuro surgery
- Free Stationery
- Personal Assistant(PA)
- Rs.10000 for furniture allowance if you stay in MLA/MLC quarters
- Gun Met facility upto 8 people depending on security threat.
- Retirement benifits after MLC Tunure expires

I am not sure how many of you know all above but i am reall surprised to see the expendature incurred by Government for the elected MLA's/MLCs .

MLC Elections: Check Voter List for your Voter Registration Serial Number & Polling Station

MLC VOTER LIST LINKS

http://203.199.178.91/ ( you can search for voter name)http://ceoandhra.nic.in/council/aplc.html ( PDF files of all Districts)

Atlast Election commission has updated the latest voter list according to polling booth wise and ward wise at the following links. I would request everyone to check their names in the graduates voter list(whoever enrolled for Graduates MLC Votes) published by the Election Commission at the following links.

MLC VOTER LIST LINKS

http://203.199.178.91/ ( you can search for voter name)http://ceoandhra.nic.in/council/aplc.html ( PDF files of

Schedule:Elections to the Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh by MLAs, for Local Authorities' Constituencies and Graduates` & Teachers` Constituenci

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act, 2005 was passed on 11-01-2006 paving way for the constitution of a new Legislative Council in the State after a gap of nearly 20 years, comprising of 90 members - 31 to be elected by MLAs, 31 to be elected from Local Authorities’, 8 from Graduates’ and 8 from Teachers’ Constituencies and the remaining 12 members to be nominated by the Governor. For holding elections from the Local Authorities’, Graduates’ and Teachers’ Constituencies, the Constituencies were required to be delimited first and then the electoral rolls for the Constituencies prepared. Required data for this purpose was obtained from the State Govt. and analyzed. A meeting was held on 6-9-06 with the political parties of the State to have their views in the matter before finalizing the Delimitation Order which was notified by the President on 26-9-06 and work relating to preparation of rolls started immediately thereafter.

Whereas all the 8 Graduates’ and 8 Teachers’ Constituencies are single member constituencies,out of the 23 Local Authorities’ Constituencies of the State, the following eight are double member constituencies making the total seats from these Constituencies thirty one (31): -
(1) Visakhapatnam Local Authorities’, (2) East Godavari Local Authorities’, (3) West Godavari Local Authorities’, (4) Krishna Local Authorities’, (5) Guntur Local Authorities’, (6) Chittoor Local Authorities’, (7) Anantapur Local Authorities’, and (8) Hyderabad Local Authorities’.

The Commission is consistently following the policy of holding elections to the Local Authorities’ Constituencies only when seventy five percent of the constituent local bodies and again seventy five percent of the total electorate in each local authorities’ constituency are in existence.

As far as Hyderabad Local Authorities’ and Ranga Reddy Local Authorities’ constituencies are concerned, the term of Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad is expiring on 10-02-07 resulting in virtual non-existence of total electorate in that constituency and the electors in position with respect to Ranga Reddy Local Authorities’ Constituency are only about 63% as on date which is against the policy of the holding elections from such constituencies.

In view of this, the Commission has decided not to hold elections for the three seats from these two Local Authorities’ Constituencies (two seats from Hyderabad LAC and one from Ranga Reddy LAC) till the strength of their members as well as local bodies in position are 75% or more. Now, as the rolls have finally been published in all the Graduates’ and Teachers’
constituencies, the Commission has decided to hold the elections to fill up all the remaining 75 seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council i.e. 8 from Graduates’ Constituencies, 8 from Teachers’ Constituencies, 28 from Local Authorities’ Constituencies (barring the two Local Authorities Constituencies of Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy) and 31 seats of Members to be elected by MLAs as per the programme given in the Annexure.

The term of the members elected at the above elections shall be determined after the completion of the elections, in accordance with the provisions of Section 156(1) of the Representation of the People Act,1951.

MLC ELECTIONS SCHEDULE

Issue of Notification: 15-02-07 (Thursday)
Last Date for Nominations: 22-02- 07 (Thursday)
Scrutiny: 23-02-07(Friday)
Last date for withdrawal: 26-02-07 (Monday)
Date of Poll: 17-03-07 (Saturday)
Counting on: 23-03-07 (Friday)
Date before which election shall be completed: 26-03-07 (Monday)

Number of Voters in Graduates and Teachers MLC Elections

The Electoral Registration Officers for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Constituencies have published the final Electoral Rolls of Graduates and Teachers on 12.01.2007 in the manner prescribed by the Election Commission of India. Copies of Electoral Rolls have been supplied to all the National & State recognized political parties. The number of Graduates and Teachers in final Electoral Rolls of districts published on 12.01.2007 is as follows. The Constituency wise position is also shown be

Srikakulam-Vizianagaram-Visakhapatnam Constituency
Graduates: 125521 - Teachers 12313

East-West Godavari Constituency
Graduates: 173783 - Teachers 14256

Krishna-Guntur Constituency
Graduates:187972 - Teachers 12896

Prakasam-Nellore-Chittoor Constituency
Graduates:161124 - Teachers 14638

Kadapa-Anantapur-Kurnool Constituency
Graduates: 150236 - Teachers 13660

Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Constituency
Graduates:106986 - Teachers:15696

Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Constituency
Graduates: 133306 - Teachers 16962

Mahabubnagar-Ranga Reddy-Hyderabad Constituency
Graduates:220971 - Teachers 13750
Mahabubnagar Graduates 39293 Teachers 4823
Ranga Reddy Graduates 98645 Teachers 4260
Hyderabad Graduates 83033 Teachers 4667

Grand Total :-
1259899
114171

AP MLC Elections: Check your Name in Voter List Confirm Your Voter Registration

Atlast Election commission has updated the latest voter list according to polling booth wise and ward wise at the following links. I would request everyone to check their names in the graduates voter list(whoever enrolled for Graduates MLC Votes) published by the Election Commission at the following links.

MLC VOTER LIST LINKS
http://203.199.178.91/ ( you can search for voter name)http://ceoandhra.nic.in/council/aplc.html ( PDF files of all Districts)

I appeal everyone help me to gather as many as graduates voters possible. If you all help me to gather 10 votes each member, I will definitely win and get elected as MLC from Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahbub Nagar Graduates constituency. Please spread the word about MLC elections and my candidature to all of your elders/parents/friends/relatives/collegues/associates by Word-of-mouth/SMS/email/chat/discussion forums/orkut groups/networking websites. Please check your names for voter registration confirmation and also pass this message to all your friends/relatives/collegues/associates whoever registered their graduate vote.

Thanks
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Rajasekhar Reddy Allipuram ( BE): Software Engineer
MLC Elections CONTESTANT: Hyderabad/Ranga Reddy/Mahboob Nagar Graduate Constituency
Phone1 # 9866269362 Phone2 # 9949762000
http://www.allipuram.org
http://www.allipuram.com
Yahoo Messenger: allipuram_mlc
Google Talk: allipuram
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* Note: To confirm your voter registration, please call us at Phone1 # 9866269362 Phone2 # 9949762000 or email us at allipuram@gmail.com

Other MLC Contestants from Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahbub Nagar Constituency

There are about 20+ contestants so far announced their candidature through different media from Hyderabad-Ranga Reddy-Mahboob Nagar Graduates Constituency. I am herewith listing some of the contestant Names and profiles whom I Know. I will update this page with some more contestant details soon with their full profiles. If you are a contestant, please email me your profile and other relavant details so that I can update my website.

• Yennam Srinivas Reddy - Political & Real Estate Backgroud
• GR Karunakar - Industrialist & Political Background
• P.L Srinivas - Political background and Owns Educational Institutes
• AVN Reddy - Owns Educational Institues and Close Relative of a Congress Politician
• Beeram Indira Reddy- Real Estate Backgroud
• Kola Venkat Rao - Community Leader & Real Estate Backgroud
• Gopala Krishna - Retired IAS Officer
• DS Moorthi - Retired IAS Officer
• Nageshwar - Osmania University Professor & Journalism background
• Gangam Narsing Rao - Lawyer
• Jagapathi Rao - Political background and Ex-MLC
• Rambhoopal Reddy - Lawyer
• Lakshmiah - Retired official from Revenue Department
• VN Reddy - Former Malakpet Corporator
• VB Rao Chelikani - NRI Professor
• Padma Rao - no details
• Shanti Neelam - Lawyer and doughter of Politician
• Dornala Krishnamoorthi- Community Leader
• Ramanachary - no details
• Anantramulu- no details
• PK Rao - Industrialist
• Sukumar Reddy- no details
• P Nagi Reddy- Business Man
• Rajasekhar Reddy Allipuram - Software Engineer etc.