Summary:
Post transferThe discrepancy arose as the area under Kukunoor, Velairpadu and Burgampahad mandals with exception of some villages under Palvancha revenue division and Chintoor, Kunavaram, Vararamachandrapuram and Bhadrachalam mandals under the Bhadrachalam revenue division were transferred to AP. “We will communicate the number of electors in the respective constituencies as per the summary revision of electoral rolls. The three constituencies, all reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (STs), have reported dip in the number of electors after the merger of seven mandals to AP. It is for the State to finalise the caste composition of the respective constituencies,” a senior official of the CEO’s office said. The case of Bhadrachalam Assembly constituency in particular is interesting in that the entire Bhadrachalam mandal except for Bhadrachalam revenue village had been transferred to the neighbouring State..