Delimitation: Vizag wards rise to 120, Vijayawada to have 86, Tirupati 66

Following the issuance of a Government Order, G.O.Ms. No. 65, on March 24, the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Department released a circular on Wednesday (April 1, 2026), for the delimitation of wards in Urban Local Bodies, including 87 municipalities, nagara panchayats and 13 municipal corporations in Andhra Pradesh based on population.

According to the circular signed by MA&UD Commissioner and Director P. Sampath Kumar, the number of wards has increased as follows: in Visakhapatnam, from 98 to 120; in Vijayawada, from 64 to 86; in Guntur, from 57 to 76; in Nellore, from 54 to 72; in Kurnool, from 52 to 68; in Tirupati, from 50 to 66; and in Anantapur, from 50 to 62, among others.

MA&UD Principal Secretary S. Suresh Kumar said the decision of delimitation of wards in ULBs has been taken to rationalise the number of wards as per the rising population. The population figures of the 2011 Census have been adopted for the process.

In the G.O., the department had proposed to amend the rules of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Fixation of Strength of Nagar Panchayats and Municipal Councils) Rules, 2004, and Andhra Pradesh Municipal Corporations (Fixation of Strength of Elected Members) Rules, 2005, based on population criteria.

Proportionate hike

Accordingly, the number of elected members has been fixed at 60 in a municipal corporation with a population below 2 lakh; 62 members for population between 2 lakh and 3 lakh; 66 for population between 3 lakh and 4 lakh; 68 for population between 4 lakh and 5 lakh; 72 for population between 5 lakh and 6 lakh; 76 for population between 6 lakh and 10 lakh; 86 for population between 10 lakh and 15 lakh; and 120 elected representatives for population above 15 lakh. Similar changes have been made for municipalities, depending on the population.

It may be noted that the term of elected representatives in 86 out of 123 ULBs in the State, which went to polls in March 2021, came to an end on March 13. Special Officers will be in charge of these ULBs until elections are held.