ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi -110001.

No.3/4/2018/SDR
Dated: 3 pt October, 2018
To
The Chief Electoral Officers

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Telangana

Subject: - Direction regarding language(s) in which Form 7A is to be prepared _ regarding.

Sir,

Rule 10 of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 provides that the language( s) in which
list of contesting candidates is to be prepared in the language or languages as directed by the
Commission. The Commission, vide its Directions No. 3/4/2008/J.S.II dated 16-09-2008 and
No. 3/4/2008/J.S.II1SDR, dated 06-02-2009, has specified the language(s) for this purpose for
various States, including for undivided Andhra Pradesh, for all Assembly and Parliamentary
Constituencies. As Andhra Pradesh has since been bifurcated, two separate Directions for the

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constituencies now falling in the two States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are enclosed, one
for the Assembly constituencies and the other for the Lok Sabha Constituencies.

Copy of the Directions should be communicated to all the District Election Officers,
Returning Officers and other authorities in the State of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana.

The Directions may also be published in the State Govt. gazette and two copies thereof
sent to the Commission for its record.

Yours faithfully,

(BinO~
Under Secretary
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DIRECTION

Dated: 3151 October, 2018

No. 3/4/2018/SDR: In pursuance of sub-rules (I) and (3) of Rule 10 of the Conduct of
Elections Rules, 1961, and in partial modification of the direction No. 3/4/2008/JS.II, dated
16.09.2008, the Election Commission of India hereby directs that the list of contesting
candidates in Form 7A at an election to the Legislative Assembly in the States of Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana shall be prepared in the language or languages specified in the Table
Below.

Where the list is prepared in more than one language, the name of candidates shall be
arranged alphabetically according to the script of the language first specified in column (3)
below: -
No. and Name of the Area
Language(s)
Assembly Constituency
I. Andhra Pradesh
All 175 Assembly Constituencies Telugu
2. Telangana 8-Boath(ST)
Telugu and Marathi
10-Mudhole
13-Jukkal(SC)
17-Nizamabad(Urban) Telugu and Urdu
57-Musheerabad Telugu, English and
58-Malakpet Urdu
59-Amberpet,
60-Khairatabad,
61-Jubilee Hills,
62-Sanathnagar,
63-Nampally,
64-Karwan,
65-Goshamahal,
66-Charminar,
67-Chandrayangutta,
68-Yakutpura,
69-Bahadurpura,
70-Secunderabad and
71-Secunderabad Cantt.(SC)
All other Assembly Constituencies Telugu

By order,

&
(K.F.WILFRED)
Sr.Pr.Secretary
 ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi -110001.

DIRECTION
Dated: 31st October, 2018

No. 3/4/2018/SDR: In pursuance of sub-rules (1) and (3) of Rule 10 of the Conduct of
Elections Rules, 1961, and in partial modification -of the direction No. 3/4/2008/JS.II, dated
06.02.2009, the Election Commission of India hereby directs that the list of contesting
candidates in Form 7A at an election in a Parliamentary Constituency in the States of Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana shall be prepared in the language or languages specified in the Table
Below.
Where the list is prepared in more than one language, the names of candidates shall be
arranged alphabetically according to the script of the language first specified in column (3)
below: -
.No. and Name of the Area Language(s)

Parliamentary
Constituency
1. Andhra Pradesh All 25 Parliamentary Constituencies Telugu

2. Telangana l-Adilabad(ST) Telugu and Marathi

5-Zahirabad
4-Nizamabad Telugu, English and
7-Malkajgiri Urdu
8-Secunderabad
9-Hyderabad
All other Parliamentary Constituencies Telugu

By order,

(K.F.WILFRED)
Sr.Pr.Secretary