Gazette No 764: ELECTIONS TO LOCAL BODIES - REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTY “GRAMEENA VAIDHYULA NATIONAL PARTY”

Registered No. HSE-49/2016 PART VII EXTR AORDINARY No.54 AMARAVATI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 G.764 NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT --x-- ANDHRA PRADESH STATE ELECTION COMMISSION 1st Floor, New HODs Building, Opp Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium, M.G. Road, Vijayawada-520010 O R D E R ELECTIONS TO LOCAL BODIES - REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTY “GRAMEENA VAIDHYULA NATIONAL PARTY” No.288/SEC-L/2025: The President, GRAMEENA VAIDHYULA NATIONAL PARTY made an application to the A.P. State Election Commission for registration of GRAMEENA VAIDHYULA NATIONAL PARTY as a political party under the provisions of the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001 issued by the APSEC.

2. The APSEC set in motion the process of registration of ‘GRAMEENA VAIDHYULA NATIONAL PARTY’ as per the provisions of the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001 giving a Public Notice by the applicant calling for objections, if any, from the general public for registration of the said party. The Notice was published by the applicant party in daily newspapers of ‘Visalaandhra’ (Telugu) and ‘Deccan Chronicle’ (English) on 20.08.2026 and 22.08.2026 respectively. The Notice was also published in the Extraordinary issue of the Andhra Pradesh Gazette vide Gazette No. 39, dated 01.09.2026.

3. No objections were received by the APSEC from any quarter for the proposed registration of “GRAMEENA VAIDHYULA NATIONAL PARTY” as a political party in response to the said Notices and Gazette Notification.

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4. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under Article 243K of the Constitution of India and Paragraph 3 in Part II of the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001, the A.P. State Election Commission, hereby, registers the “GRAMEENA VAIDHYULA NATIONAL PARTY” as a political party without a reserved symbol.

5 The “GRAMEENA VAIDHYULA NATIONAL PARTY” shall open a bank account within seven days from the date of receipt of this order as required under sub-para 4 (a) (viii) of para 3 of the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001 and furnish the details of Bank Account in the name of Party, thereof to the A.P. State Election Commission.

6. The registration shall not entitle the party for reservation of any exclusive symbol for it.

However, the candidates duly set up by the said party in Local Body elections held on party basis will be entitled to preferential treatment over the independent candidates in allotment of free symbols under Paragraph 5A(a) in Part-III of the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001.

7. Under Paragraph 3(9)(a) in Part-II of the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001, the party shall communicate to the A.P. State Election Commission, without delay, any change in its name, head office, office bearers, address or in any other material information duly following the procedure laid down in the said Order.

8. It is also informed that the APSEC, while registering a political party, does not approve the flags of political parties, and if the party has a flag, it shall be the own responsibility of the party to ensure that the flag does not violate the provisions of the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 or the Flag Code of India or any other relevant law related to the subject, and that its flag does not imitate in any manner the flag of any other political party.

VIJAYAWADA ANIL CHANDRA PUNETHA

28.09.2026 STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER *****