Reservation for Mayors of 17 Municipal Corporations in A.P. finalised

The Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department (MA&UD) has finalised the reservation for the Scheduled Tribes (ST), Scheduled Castes (SC), Backward Classes (BC) and women for the offices of Mayors in Andhra Pradesh.

The MA&UD has taken the decision in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 14-A of Andhra Pradesh Municipal Corporations Act, 1994 read with Rules 3 and 12 of A.P. Municipal Corporations (Reservation of Offices of Mayors in Municipal Corporations) Rules, 1995 issued through G.O.Ms.No.46 of MA&UD on February 4, 1995 and read with G.O.Ms.No. 180 of MA&UD dated May 19, 2011, and G.O.Ms.No.251 dated October 11, 2026. 

Five Mayor posts are reserved for women (general) and backward Classess each, followed by four for unreserved, two for Scheduled Castes and one for Scheduled Tribes.

It was stated in G.O.Ms.No.252 issued in the name of MA&UD Principal Secretary S. Suresh Kumar on Monday that the government had earlier issued orders on reservation of seats of ward members and for the offices of Chairpersons/Mayors in Municipalities/Nagar Panchayats and Municipal Corporations respectively in accordance with the directions of the Supreme Court of India and as per the recommendations of the Dedicated Commission. 

Accordingly, the Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration submitted proposals for reservation of the offices of Mayors of 17 Municipal Corporations for the 2026 ordinary elections as per Section 14-A of AP Municipal Corporations Act, 1994 and AP Municipal Corporations (Reservation of Offices of Mayors in Municipal Corporations) Rules and they were approved on Monday (October 12). 

The reservations finalised are as follows: unreserved- Tirupati, Vijayawada, Ongole and Nellore, women general - Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, Guntur, Kadapa and Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, BC women - Kakinada and Machilipatnam, BC general - Eluru, Anantapuram and Chittoor, ST general - Mangalagiri - Tadepalli,  SC women - Kurnool and SC general - Rajamahendravaram.