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TDP sweeps four Municipal Corporations across Rayalaseema

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TDP sweeps four Municipal Corporations across Rayalaseema

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 total 1.36 lakh votes polled, Mr. Srinivas received 94,937 votes and Mr. Vasudeva 33,355. 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 within the TMC limits, TDP candidates emerged victorious in 38 and YSRCP was successful in 19. The candidates of the Jana Sena Party (JSP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and others won three wards each. In Kadapa, TDP’s Mayoral candidate Matli Suvarna emerged victorious with 1,31,615 votes, gaining a majority of 65,588 votes against YSRCP’s Bandi Deepthi, who received 41,020 votes by the final round of counting at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) Polytechnic College.