Prakasam district Superintendent of Police V. Harshavardhan Raju inspects security arrangements at nomination centres to ensure the peaceful conduct of the MPTC and ZPTC election nomination process on Friday.
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The nomination process for the Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) elections was conducted in a highly transparent and peaceful manner across SPSR Nellore, Prakasam and Markapuram districts.
In a press conference held at Command Control Room in Ongole Collectorate on Friday, District Collector P. Raja Babu announced that the ZPTC/MPTC nomination process was completed in peacefully.
Superintendent of Police V. Harsha Vardhan Raju and Joint Collector Kalpana Kumari accompanied the Collector. He remarked that the district administration acted with complete impartiality, ensuring there was no bias or discrimination whatsoever.
The SP said that the police department had implemented robust security measures to ensure that the election nomination process was conducted peacefully. He personally visited the nomination centres to inspect the security arrangements.
He reviewed the deployment of police personnel, the installation of barricades, traffic management, and the movement of vehicles belonging to candidates and their representatives at the nomination centers. He instructed the officials to remain vigilant during the process.
In another press meet on the same day, Markapuram Collector M. Vijaya Sunitha stated that robust security measures were taken to ensure that the nomination process for the ZPTC/ MPTC elections were conducted in a transparent and peaceful manner.
District SP Pankaj Kumar Meena personally inspected the nomination centres and issued instructions to police officials and personnel to ensure that no untoward incidents occur. Tight police security was in place at all nomination centres across the district, he informed.
By the end of Friday, the last date for filing nominations, 302 candidates had filed nominations for 35 ZPTC seats and 2,639 for 440 MPTC seats in SPSR Nellore district. Similarly, 225 candidates filed nominations for 27 ZPTC seats and 1,977 for 373 MPTC seats in Prakasam district.
In the newly-formed Markapuram district, 1,169 candidates filed nominations for 274 MPTC seats. However, the number of candidates who filed nominations for 21 ZPTC seats in the district was not yet revealed by the time this report was filed.
Published – October 24, 2026 12:08 pm IST
