NDA continues its winning streak, set to crush YSRCP in ZPTC and MPTC elections as well

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A TDP candidate who won the MPTC election celebrates her victory along with supporters in Vijayawada on Saturday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO

The TDP and it’s allies, the Jana Sena Party (JSP) and the BJP, continued their stellar performance in the elections to the Zilla and Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs and MPTCs) after crushing the YSRCP in the Urban Local Body (ULB) elections.

Polling was conducted for 582 ZPTCs and 7,767 MPTCs in 28 districts on November 5 following the declaration of 77 and 2,051 ZPTCs and MPTCs respectively as unanimously elected.

The TDP-led ruling coalition was far ahead in the race in both the ZPTCs and MPTCs, winning in over 320 ZPTCs, including 77 that had been declared as unanimously elected, and leading in nearly 100 ZPTCs. A similar picture was unfolding in the 7,767 MPTCs at the time of of fling this report.

The TDP gained an unassailable lead in both the ZPTCs and MPTCs in Kadapa district, which had been the stronghold of the YSRCP.

After scoring an impressive victory in the elections to the Pulivendula Municipality, the TDP won the Pulivendula ZPTC also, causing a major upset to the YSRCP, which apparently lost the confidence of the people in what had been the strongholds of the family of former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhars Reddy.

The TDP was in the driver’s seat in the ZPTC seat of Kuppam (Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s home turf) and in a vast majority of the other ZPTCs, and MPTCs in Chittoor and Annamayya districts.

A BJP spokesman said the party won 15 ZPTCs and 123 MPTCs, and it proved that the people believed in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.

Reacting to the results that were trickling in, TDP State president Palla Srinivasa Rao said the mood was overwhelmingly in favour of his party and its allies due to their good governance, and it was a profound mandate for welfare, development and social justice.

The results were a testament to the trust placed by the electorate in Mr. Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan, and the BJP State leadership, he asserted.

Meanwhile, the YSRCP leaders alleged that the counting of votes polled in the ZPTCs and MPTCs was fraught with irregularities, and the State Election Commission’s response to their complaints was untimely.

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