PART VII EXTRAORDINARY

ANDHRA PRADESH STATE ELECTION COMMISSION

1^st 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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Registered No. HSE-49/2016

No.54

AMARAVATI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

G.764

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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ANDHRA PRADESH GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

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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.

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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

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