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AP: TDP led NDA wins 12 Municipal Corporations, 83 Municipalities

Vijayawada, Nov 4 (UNI) Repeating the 2024 landslide election victory in the Assembly and general elections, the Telugu Desam Party-led NDA has won 12 Municipal Corporations out of 13, including the prestigious Vijayawada, Guntur and Visakhapatnam mayor posts, while the Jagan Reddy-led YSRCP has won the Anantapur mayor post.

The elections for 13 Municipal Corporations and 83 Municipalities were held on November 1, and the counting of votes was held till early hours of today. The NDA alliance comprising the TDP, Janasena, and BJP has won 12 mayoral posts of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Eluru, Guntur, Machilipatnam, Kurnool, Kadapa, Chittoor, Nellore, Tirupati and Ongle Municipal Corporation.

The Opposition YSR Congress party got consolation by winning the mayor post of Anantapur Municipal Corporation. Janasena candidate Vangaveeti Radhakrishna was elected mayor of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation by defeating his nearest YSRCP mayoral candidate Bhagyalakshmi by a margin of 1,37,872 voters. Mukka Srevani (TDP) was elected Mayor of Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation by defeating YSRCP candidate Varadu Kalyani by a margin of over 2.44 lakh votes.
Janasena mayoral candidate Reddy Appalanaidu was elect Eluru mayor by margin of 44,661, K Lakshmi Aparna (TDP) was elected Guntur Mayor by margin of over 1.05 lakh, Abdul Abeeda (TDP) was elected mayor of Machilipatnam by a margin of 32,657, V Vijaya Pratyusha (TDP) was elected mayor of Kurnool by margin on 27,033, M Suvarna (TDP) was elected mayor of Kadapa by a margin on 65,588, Kathari Hemalatha (TDP) was elected mayor of Chittoor by a margin on 34,116, Roop Kumar Yadav (TDP) was elected mayor Nellore, M Srinivas Prasad (TDP) was elected Mayor of Tirupati by margin on 61,582 and N Srishilpa (TDP) was elector mayor Ongole Municipal Corporation.

The YSRCP candidate Ch Ramesh Gouda was elected Mayor of Anantapur Municipal Corporation by a margin of 5,981 votes over his rival BJP candidate Ajay Yadav. It may be mentioned here that mayors were elected directly by vote. The NDA alliance candidates were elected as chairpersons for 83 municipalities, while the YSRCP has won Nandikotkur, Betamcherla, and Naidupet Municipalities.
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