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Urban local bodies · Andhra Pradesh

124 municipal bodies with 3,923 wards: 17 municipal corporations, 82 municipalities and 25 nagar panchayats. Every body below links to its ward list and the assembly and Lok Sabha seats that cover it, from the Local Government Directory as of 25 September 2026.

Urban local bodies
#14 of 35 states/UTs
3,923
Wards
124 bodies with ward lists
Districts
with at least one body
At a glance

Counts from the Local Government Directory. Names of types follow what the directory uses for Andhra Pradesh.

Municipal Corporation
17
927 wards
Municipality
82
2,496 wards
Nagar Panchayat
25
500 wards
Wards in total
3,923
about 32 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
123 of 124
124 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam98wards · 9 assembly seats
  2. Municipal Corporation · NtrVijayawada Municipal Corporation64wards · 3 assembly seats
  3. Municipal Corporation · GunturGuntur57wards · 3 assembly seats
  4. Municipal Corporation · Sri Potti Sriramulu NelloreNellore Municipal Corporation54wards · 2 assembly seats
  5. Municipal Corporation · KurnoolKurnool52wards · 3 assembly seats
  6. Municipal Corporation · East GodavariRajahmundry52wards · 2 assembly seats
  7. Municipal Corporation · AnanthapuramuAnantapur50wards · 1 assembly seat
  8. Municipal Corporation · ChittoorChittoor50wards · 1 assembly seat
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124 of 124 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
AddankiMunicipalityPrakasam20Addanki
AdoniMunicipalityKurnool41Adoni
AkiveeduNagar PanchayatWest Godavari20Undi
AllagaddaMunicipalityNandyal27Allagadda
AlluruNagar PanchayatSri Potti Sriramulu Nellore20Kavali
AmadalavalasaMunicipalitySrikakulam27SrikakulamAmadalavalasa
AmalapuramMunicipalityDr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema30Amalapuram
AnantapurMunicipal CorporationAnanthapuramu50Anantapur Urban
AtmakurMunicipalitySri Potti Sriramulu Nellore23Atmakur
Atmakur (Kurnool)MunicipalityNandyal24Srisailam
B KothakotaNagar PanchayatAnnamayya20Thamballapalle
BadvelMunicipalityY.S.R. Kadapa35Badvel
BapatlaMunicipalityBapatla34Bapatla
BethamcherlaNagar PanchayatNandyal20Dhone
BhimavaramMunicipalityWest Godavari39Bhimavaram
BobbiliMunicipalityVizianagaram30Bobbili
BuchireddypalemNagar PanchayatSri Potti Sriramulu Nellore20Kovur
ChilakaluripetaMunicipalityPalnadu38Chilakaluripet
ChimakurthyMunicipalityPrakasam20Santhanuthalapadu (sc)
ChinthalapudiNagar PanchayatEluru20Chintalapudi
ChiralaMunicipalityBapatla33Chirala
ChittoorMunicipal CorporationChittoor50Chittoor
CuddapahMunicipal CorporationY.S.R. Kadapa50KadapaKamalapuram
DachepalliNagar PanchayatPalnadu20Guruzala
DarsiNagar PanchayatPrakasam20Darsi
DharmavaramMunicipalitySri Sathya Sai40Dharmavaram
Dhone(M)MunicipalityNandyal32Dhone
EluruMunicipal CorporationEluru50Eluru
GiddalurNagar PanchayatMarkapuram20Giddalur
GollaproluNagar PanchayatKakinada20Pithapuram
GootyMunicipalityAnanthapuramu25Guntakal
GudivadaMunicipalityKrishna36Gudivada
GudurMunicipalitySri Potti Sriramulu Nellore34Gudur
Gudur (Kurnool)Nagar PanchayatKurnool20Kodumur (sc)
GuntakalMunicipalityAnanthapuramu37Guntakal
GunturMunicipal CorporationGuntur57PrathipaduGuntur WestGuntur East
GurajalaNagar PanchayatPalnadu20Guruzala
HindupurMunicipalitySri Sathya Sai38Hindupur
IchapuramMunicipalitySrikakulam23Ichchapuram
JaggiahpetMunicipalityNtr31Jaggayyapeta
JammalamaduguNagar PanchayatY.S.R. Kadapa20Jammalamadugu
JangareddygudemMunicipalityEluru29Chintalapudi
KadiriMunicipalitySri Sathya Sai36Kadiri
KakinadaMunicipal CorporationKakinada50Kakinada RuralKakinada City
KalyandurgMunicipalityAnanthapuramu24Kalyandurg
KamalapuramNagar PanchayatY.S.R. Kadapa20Kamalapuram
KandukurMunicipalityPrakasam32Kandukur
KanigiriMunicipalityMarkapuram20Kanigiri
KavaliMunicipalitySri Potti Sriramulu Nellore40Kavali
KondapalliMunicipalityNtr29Mylavaram
KovvurMunicipalityEast Godavari23Kovvur
KuppamMunicipalityChittoor25Kuppam
KurnoolMunicipal CorporationKurnool52KurnoolPanyamKodumur (sc)
Macherlaమంచేరియాల్MunicipalityPalnadu31Macherla
Machilipatnam Municipal CorporationMunicipal CorporationKrishna50Machilipatnam
MadakasiraNagar PanchayatSri Sathya Sai20Madakasira (sc)
MadanapalliMunicipalityAnnamayya35Madanapalle
MandapetaMunicipalityEast Godavari29Mandapeta
Mangalagiri TadepalliMunicipal CorporationGuntur50Mangalagiri
MarkapurMunicipalityMarkapuram32Markapuram

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Andhra Pradesh?

The Local Government Directory lists 124 urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh: 17 municipal corporations, 82 municipalities and 25 nagar panchayats. Together they have 3,923 wards on record. That is the 14th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Andhra Pradesh has the most wards?

Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 98. It is followed by Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (64) and Guntur Municipal Corporation (57). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Andhra Pradesh?

There are 17 municipal corporations: Anantapur, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Eluru, Guntur, Kakinada, Kurnool, Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation, Mangalagiri Tadepalli, Nellore Municipal Corporation, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Andhra Pradesh?

The State Election Commission, not the Election Commission of India. It prepares the ward electoral rolls, notifies ward reservation and conducts the polls for every municipal body listed here. Results are published by the commission, ward by ward.

Source: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Ministry of Panchayati Raj, as of 25 September 2026, via the open daily mirror at github.com/ramSeraph/opendata. Used under the Government Open Data License - India. Ward-to-constituency mapping is as recorded in the directory and may lag behind the latest delimitation. Cantonment boards are not part of the directory’s urban list and are not counted.