TDP-led NDA dominates Tirupati district in ZPTC/MPTC elctions

TIRUPATI The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has shown a clear edge over the rival YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in the recently-held elections to MPTC/ZPTC local bodies. Of the 35 Zilla Parishat Territorial Constituencies (ZPTC), the TDP won 25—21 in the elections and four unanimously. Similarly, its alliance partners Jana Sena and BJP won one and two seats respectively.

On the other hand, the YSRCP won six seats and an independent candidate won one. In the Mandal Parishat Territorial Constituencies (MPTC) elections, the TDP won 185 in the elections and 125 unanimously, taking its total to 310. The Jana Sena and BJP won 12 and eight respectively in the elections, apart from winning nine and five seats unanimously, taking the alliance total to 344.

The YSRCP won 85 in the polls and one unanimously, while the CPI-M won one and independents won thirteen seats. However, the TDP suffered a major jolt in Chandragiri, the native Assembly constituency of Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, with three out of the six mandals going to the YSRCP.