Vijayawada:The Telugu Desam-led NDA alliance won the mayoral posts in Vijayawada and Guntur, with Jana Sena candidate Vangaveeti Radhakrishna winning in Vijayawada by a margin of 1,30,912 votes and TD candidate Kovelamudi Lakshmi Aparna securing the Guntur post by 96,294 votes.
The alliance also won 140 of the 162 wards in the two municipal corporations. The tally comprised 102 wards for the TD, 32 for Jana Sena and six for the BJP.
In Vijayawada, Radhakrishna secured 2,65,968 votes against 1,35,056 polled by his nearest rival, YSRC candidate Rayana Bhagyalakshmi. Independent candidate Aluru Bala Venkateswara Rao finished third with 12,657 votes. A total of 19 candidates contested the election.
Radhakrishna’s tally included 949 postal ballots, compared with 424 received by Bhagyalakshmi.
The NDA alliance won 76 of the 86 Vijayawada Municipal Corporation wards, with the TD securing 54, Jana Sena 19 and the BJP three. The YSRC won eight wards, while the CPI(M) and an Independent candidate secured one ward each. TD candidate Veeramachaneni Lalitha was elected unopposed from Ward 64.
In Guntur, Lakshmi Aparna polled 2,08,925 votes, defeating YSRC candidate Tadikonda Alivelu Venkata Nagapadma Sridevi, who secured 1,12,631 votes. Congress candidate Chopparapu Padmavathi finished third with 4,805 votes, followed by Reforms Party of India candidate Shaik Mohammed Jahirunnisa Begum with 3,637 votes.
The Guntur mayoral election recorded a turnout of 56.05 per cent, with 3,46,794 votes polled from an electorate of 6,18,714. Of these, 3,38,239 were valid votes and 8,555 were declared invalid.
The NDA alliance secured 64 of the 76 Guntur corporation wards, comprising 48 for the TD, 13 for Jana Sena and three for the BJP. The YSRC won 11 wards, while an Independent candidate secured one.
The results give the NDA alliance a majority in both civic bodies, with a combined strength of 140 corporators.
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