AP CEO Announces Deadline For Filing Nominations, Withdrawals 

Amaravati: Releasing a formal notification for the details of the dates of filing nominations, withdrawal, etc, the Chief Electoral Officer of Andhra Pradesh Gopal Krishna Dwivedi on Monday announced the last date for nominations as March 25.

The notification read, "Candidates of political parties can file their nominations from March 18. All nominations will be scrutinized on March 26 and March 28 is the last date for withdrawal of candidatures."

At present, the candidature tally is 15 sitting MPs from Telugu Desam Party (TDP), three from YSR Congress Party and two from the BJP. The election for 175 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh shall take place on April 11 in single phase along with the elections for 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

Previously in the 2014 Assembly elections, TDP bagged 103 seats and YSRCP won 67 seats with BJP securing only four seats while the Congress failed to secure even a single seat.

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