36,351 police officers deployed for ULB polls in Andhra Pradesh

Strict action will be taken for violating the model code of conduct and disrupting law and order, says state election commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha. | Photo credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) has announced the deployment of 36,351 police officers and a large number of drones, CCTV cameras and videographers to ensure a fair and peaceful conduct of the urban local bodies (Municipal Corporations, Municipalities and Nagar Panchayats) elections on November 1.

State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha said in a report that the police personnel proposed for poll duty include 32,276 policemen and policewomen available in the districts, 2,730 personnel of the Andhra Pradesh Special Police (APSP) and 1,345 from other wings of the AP Police. 34 police inspectors and 52 other SPs will monitor the situation.

Others deployed in the field include 152 DSPs, 662 Circle/Reserve Inspectors, 1,564 Sub-Inspectors/Reserve SIs, 2,111 Assistant SIs/Assistant Reserve SIs, 4,505 Civilian Head Constables/Armed Reserve Head Constables, 17,017 Police Constables, Armed and 017 Police Constables 6,179 Home guards.

Mobile teams and flying squads

A total of 1,543 mobile teams of 3,103 people, 481 strike force teams of 1,479 people and 347 special strike forces teams of 1,394 people were deployed. In addition, 405 flight squadrons of 415 members were deployed to monitor compliance with the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and 414 teams of 2,516 members were deployed to checkpoints and were part of static surveillance teams.

A total of 4,655 personnel are tasked with ensuring the security of ballot box security rooms at 111 centers, 525 security personnel at distribution centers and 5,405 personnel assigned to other tasks.

Mr. Punetha said that security arrangements were made in 4,372 polling stations and 3,355 police personnel were assigned for 671 hypersensitive centers and 4,943 to 1,233 sensitive centers. He warned that strict action would be taken as per law in case of violation of MCC during polling and violation of law and order.

Published – 29 Oct 2026 23:36 IST