VIJAYAWADA: The Telugu Desam Party-led NDA alliance has secured a decisive majority in the rural local body elections in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna and NTR districts, winning 494 of the 619 Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) seats and 37 of the 42 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) seats.
The results give the alliance control of both Zilla Parishads and a majority of the Mandal Parishad president positions in the two districts.
In NTR district, the TDP won 201 of the 276 MPTC seats. Its allies Jana Sena Party (JSP) and the BJP secured 22 and one seat respectively. The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) won 50 seats, while the Bahujan Samaj Party and CPI(M) secured one seat each.
Of the 16 ZPTC seats in NTR, the TDP won 13, the YSRCP secured two and the BJP won one.
In neighbouring Krishna district, the TDP won 202 of the 343 MPTC seats. The JSP secured 64 and the BJP four. The YSRCP won 63 seats, while independents secured eight and the CPI won two.
In the ZPTC elections in Krishna, the TDP won 20 of the 26 seats. The JSP secured two, while the BJP, YSRCP and an independent candidate won one each.
Across the two districts, the TDP accounted for 403 MPTC seats, followed by the JSP with 86 and the BJP with five. The YSRCP secured 113 seats, while independents won eight. The CPI secured two seats, with the CPI(M) and BSP winning one each.
In the combined ZPTC tally, the TDP won 33 seats, the JSP two and the BJP two. The YSRCP secured three seats and an independent candidate won one.
The results consolidate the NDA's position in the rural local bodies of both districts, with the TDP emerging as the largest contributor to the alliance's tally.
With input from media reports.