Andhra Pradesh BJP election officer and Rajya Sabha Member Paka Venkata Satyanarayana announced in a press conference in Vijayawada on Saturday (June 28, 2025) that the party’s State President would be elected on July 1.
The notification for it would be issued on June 29, with June 30 as the deadline for filing nominations. Candidates wishing to opt out of the race have to withdraw nominations by the evening of June 30.
Mr. Satyanarayana said the BJP elects its State president every three years as part of organizational elections in a democratic manner, and the process for bringing in a successor to the incumbent Daggubati Purandeswari, who is sitting MP from Rajahmundry, has begun.
The election will be monitored by Bangalore Central MP P.C. Mohan. The new president would be elected by the party’s State Council members, district presidents, eight MLAs, five MPs and one MLC.
Mr. Satyanarayana said BJP was the only party following democratic procedures and providing the details of the election to the Election Commission as per norms.
BJP State General Secretary Sannareddy Dayakar Reddy and others participated.
Published – June 28, 2025 03:27 pm IST