TDP candidate wins Tirupati Mayoral seat

TIRUPATI Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate Manne Srinivasa Prasad (J.B. Srinivas) won the Tirupati Municipal Corporation (TMC) Mayor seat with a majority of 61,582 votes over YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) candidate Y. Vasudeva by the end of counting at S.V. Arts College in Tirupati on Tuesday. Of the overall 1.36 lakh votes polled, Mr.

Srinivas received 94,937 votes and Mr. Vasudeva bagged 33,355 votes. While 3,176 votes were achieved by other candidates together, 3,149 votes were considered as invalid and 1,389 votes came under none of the above (NOTA). Among the 66 wards in the TMC limits, TDP candidates emerged victorious in 38 wards and YSRCP candidates were successful in 19. The candidates of Jana Sena Party (JSP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and others won three wards each.

TDP’s Mayoral candidates were leading in Kadapa, Nellore and Ongole Municipal Corporation elections. Due to heavy rain in Ongole, the counting process, which was originally scheduled to begin by 8 a.m. on Tuesday, commenced by 12 p.m. at RISE Engineering College centre.