The Telugu Desam-led NDA alliance secured a broad lead across Andhra Pradesh’s urban local bodies as counting continued on Tuesday, with the alliance ahead in most municipal corporations, municipalities and nagar panchayats covered by the elections. The State Election Commission had not released the final consolidated results when the report was filed.
Of the 13 municipal corporations for which results were available, the Telugu Desam party had won or was leading in 10. Jana Sena was ahead in two corporations, while the YSRC was leading in one. The results cover key urban centres including Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Nellore, Tirupati, Kurnool, Kadapa and Anantapur.
The TD mayoral candidates listed as winners or leading candidates included Mokka Sravani in Visakhapatnam, Avanapu Bhargavi in Vizianagaram, Shaik Abdul Abida in Machilipatnam, K. Lakshmi Aparna in Guntur, Nallamalla Sri Shilpa in Ongole, Anam Roop Kumar Yadav in Nellore, Manne Srinivasa Prasad in Tirupati, Katari Hemalatha in Chittoor, Nellaturi Suvarna in Kadapa and B. Vijaya Prathishta in Kurnool.
Jana Sena candidates listed as winners or leading candidates were Vangaveeti Radhakrishna in Vijayawada and Reddy Appala Naidu in Eluru. The YSRC candidate listed for Anantapur was B.C. Ramesh Goud.
Across the 794 corporation divisions for which results were available, the TD had won 514, followed by Jana Sena with 120, the YSRC with 90 and the BJP with 36. Other candidates accounted for 34 divisions. These figures were based on results available during counting and had not yet been presented as the final statewide tally by the SEC.
The alliance also led in municipalities and nagar panchayats. Of the 86 civic bodies for which results were available, the TD had won 59, Jana Sena 18, the BJP four, the YSRC three and other candidates two. In the 2,712 municipal and nagar panchayat wards counted at that stage, the TD had won 1,838, Jana Sena 328, the YSRC 349, the BJP 103 and other candidates 94.
The State Election Commission had notified elections to 100 urban local bodies, comprising 13 municipal corporations and 87 municipalities and nagar panchayats. Eight urban local bodies were declared elected unanimously. Seventeen municipal and nagar panchayat chairperson posts had also been declared unanimous earlier.
The results will determine the political leadership of civic bodies responsible for local urban administration, including municipal services and city-level governance. Supporters of winning candidates celebrated by distributing sweets and bursting crackers, while rainfall affected celebrations in several parts of the state. The SEC’s final consolidated results were awaited.
