The Election Commission is set to conduct 17 by-polls in Andhra Pradesh, according to highly-placed sources.
The impending president election is the main reason for the hurry is conducting the assembly by-polls, said the sources, as protocol demands that no assembly or Parliament seat should be vacant during the election of the President of India.
But Tirupati, the constituency from where actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi had resigned as a Member of Legislative Assembly, is not among the constituencies heading to by-polls.
The constituencies were by-polls will be held are Ongole, Ramachandrapuram, Parkal, Udayagiri, Narasannapeta, Prathipadu, Rajampet, Polavaram, Payakaraopeta, Rayachoti, Rayadurg, Railway Koduru, Narasapuram, Anantapur, Yemmiganur, Macharla and Allagadda
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