Ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti in Telangana and ruling Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh have swept the posts of Mayors and Municipal chairmen to which elections were held on Thursday.
All the three corporations in Telangana, Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Ramagundm were bagged by the TRS. Of the 52 municipalities, results were announced for 49 municipal bodies. While the TRS won 21, the Congress emerged second major party by winning 19 posts followed by the TDP with four, BJP three and the MIM just one.
In Andhra Pradesh of the seven Corporations, five including Vijayawada were won by the TDP and two Kadapa and Nellore were bagged by the YSR Congress Party. The other Municipal Corporation won by the TDP include Chittoor, Anantapur, Eluru and Rajahmundry.Of the 92 municipal bodies, chairpersons were elected to 90 and election in the other two bodies were postponed for Friday. The TDP emerged a clear winner by wining 74 followed by the YSRCP with 15. The Congress could manage to win only one post.
The elections to the civic bodies were held before the general elections. But the indirect elections to the posts of chairpersons were held on Thursday.