TDP sweeps four Municipal Corporations in A.P. local polls

Returning Officer and Joint Collector M. Venkateswarlu presenting the election victory certificate to Poluboina Roop Kumar Yadav, who the Nellore Mayor seat on Wednesday.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate Manne Srinivasa Prasad (J.B. Srinivas) won the Tirupati Municipal Corporation (TMC) Mayor seat with a majority of 61,582 votes over YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) candidate Y. Vasudeva by the end of counting at S.V. Arts College in Tirupati on Tuesday.

Of the total 1.36 lakh votes polled, Mr. Srinivas received 94,937 votes and Mr. Vasudeva 33,355. While 3,176 votes were achieved by other candidates together, 3,149 votes were considered as invalid and 1,389 votes came under none of the above (NOTA).

Among the 66 wards within the TMC limits, TDP candidates emerged victorious in 38 and YSRCP was successful in 19. The candidates of the Jana Sena Party (JSP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and others won three wards each.

Returning Officer and RDO A. Murali presenting the election victory certificate to Matli Suvarna, who won the Kadapa Mayor seat, in Kadapa on Tuesday.

In Kadapa, TDP’s Mayoral candidate Matli Suvarna emerged victorious with 1,31,615 votes, gaining a majority of 65,588 votes against YSRCP’s Bandi Deepthi, who received 41,020 votes by the final round of counting at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) Polytechnic College.

Of the total 66 wards in the Kadapa Municipal Corporation limits, TDP candidates emerged successful in 61, while JSP and BJP candidates won one and two wards respectively. YSRCP, meanwhile, won one ward. Independent candidates and those of other political parties failed across all wards.

In Nellore, TDP’s Mayoral candidate Poluboina Roop Kumar Yadav defeated YSRCP counterpart Anam Vijaya Kumar Reddy with a huge majority of 80,721 votes after the final round of counting at DKW College in Nellore.

Among the 72 wards in the Nellore Municipal Corporation, TDP candidates were victorious in 56, including 18 unanimously elected wards. JSP and BJP candidates won eight and five wards respectively. Even independent candidates claimed two wards, but the YSRCP won just one.

Prakasam District Election Officer and Collector P. Raja Babu presenting election victory certificate to TDP Mayoral candidate Nallamalli Sri Silpa, after she won the Municipal Corporation elections in Ongole on Wednesday.

In Ongole, TDP Mayoral candidate Nallamalli Sri Silpa beat YSRCP candiate Kuppam Prasad with a huge majority of 37,626 votes. Of the total 62 wards in Ongole Municipal Corporation, TDP candidates were elected in 39, YSRCP in 11, JSP in eight and BJP in one respectively.