NDA bags Machilipatnam, leads in Eluru; wins three civic bodies

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has bagged the Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation and is leading in the Eluru Municipal Corporation in the Urban Local Body (ULB) elections, for which votes were counted on Tuesday.

TDP mayoral candidate Shaik Abeeda defeated her YSRCP rival, Lanka Jyothi, by a margin of more than 30,000 votes in Machilipatnam.

In Eluru, Jana Sena Party (JSP) candidate Reddy Appala Naidu was leading in the mayoral race.

The TDP also bagged the Jangareddygudem Municipality, with its chairperson candidate Rongala Anusha emerging victorious. NDA candidate Barre Ilayaraja was elected chairman of the Nuzvid Municipality.

JSP chairperson candidate Balla Jyothsna Rani won the Pedana Municipality, defeating her YSRCP rival Katakam Naga Kumari.

The TDP also captured the Vuyyuru Nagar Panchayat, with Chedurthipati Praveen Kumar elected its president.