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AP: ULB, ZP election results vindication of development: Naidu

Vijayawada, Nov 9 (UNI) Telugu Desam party national president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has described the Urban Local Body and Zilla and Mandal Parishad election results as a vindication of his regime's development agenda.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday, he said the voters had given a clear mandate to the TDP led NDA alliance in urban and rural areas. The ULB, ZP and MP elections were held peacefully, he said and thanked the people for electing the NDA alliance candidates.
Naidu claimed that the people of the state once again rejected the YSR Congress party which tasted a rout in the ULB and ZP elections across the state. All sections of people extended their support to the NDA alliance, he noted, adding that the development achieved during the last two and half years reaped dividends in the elections.
Naidu maintained that the people’s support to the NDA in the elections had increased considerably compared to the 2024 elections. “The NDA alliance has secured 58.9 percent of votes in the ULB and ZP elections. In the 2024 elections, the NDA alliance secured 55.3 percent votes,” Naidu explained.
"The NDA has secured 59.9 percent of votes in urban areas while the Opposition YSRCP has secured 34.3 percent of votes. The NDA alliance has won the ULB and ZP election with 94 percent strike rate. The NDA alliance has won 7,803 Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies out of total 9,818 in the elections," Naidu announced.
“Out of a total 659 ZPTCs, the NDA won 575 ZPTCs. Out of 28 Zilla Parishad chairman posts, the NDA has won 27. The YSRCP has won only one ZP chairman post in ASR district,” Naidu observed. The YSRCP could not win even one ZPTC in Anakapalli, Konaseema, Kakinada, Markapur, Palnadu, Visakhapatnam and Kadapa districts, the Chief Minister remarked.
In the ULB elections, the NDA has won 12 municipal corporation mayor posts and 82 municipal chairperson posts while the YSRCP has won one mayor post in ASR district. The Opposition made all efforts to stop ULB elections by approaching courts, he alleged.
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