Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Jana Sena Party (JSP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance parties is yet to announce candidates for six of the 15 constituencies in the three districts, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju.
In Visakhapatnam district, candidates are yet to be selected for four important constituencies – Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam North, South and Pendurthi. Among these, Bheemunipatnam has about 3.56 lakh voters, the highest among the other constituencies. Similarly, candidates are to be announced for Yelamanchali in Anakapalli district and Paderu in ASR district. Though official announcements were not made by the parties, some of the candidates have already been reportedly promised seats in some constituencies and they are given nod to start working. As per the party sources, JSP is fielding candidates from Pendurthi, Visakhapatnam South and Yelamanchali, while Visakhapatnam North is being taken over by the BJP.
