Visakhapatnam:The Telugu Desam (TD) emerged as the leading party in the MPTC and ZPTC elections in Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli districts, winning a majority of seats in both districts, according to results declared on Saturday.
In Visakhapatnam district, the TD won 29 of the 52 MPTC seats, while the YSRC secured 16 and the Jana Sena (JS) seven. The BJP failed to win any MPTC seat.
Among the four mandals that went to polls, the TD won six of the 17 MPTC seats in Anandapuram, while the YSRC secured seven and the JS four. In Bheemunipatnam, the TD won nine of the 12 seats, while the YSRC and JSP secured two and one respectively.
The TD also won 11 of the 15 seats in Padmanabham, with the YSRC securing the remaining four. In Pendurthi, the TD and YSRC won three seats each, while the JS secured two.
The TD won three of the four ZPTC seats in the district. JSP candidate Enni Srinivasu Rao won the Anandapuram ZPTC seat by a margin of 1,557 votes. TD candidates Aliveni Gadu, Korada Satyavati and A.N. Sukhavasi Ajay won the Bheemunipatnam, Padmanabham and Pendurthi ZPTC seats by margins of 4,139, 3,110 and 1,415 votes respectively.
In neighbouring Anakapalli district, the TD won 17 of the 24 ZPTC seats, while the JSP secured five and the BJP two. TD candidates won in Anakapalli, Atchutapuram, Cheedikada, Chodavaram, Devarapalli, Golugonda, K. Kotapadu, Kotauratla, Makavarapalem, Munagapaka, Nakkapalli, Narsipatnam, Nathavaram, Ravikamatham, Rolugunta, S. Rayavaram and V. Madugula.
JS candidates won in Butchayyapeta, Parawada, Rambilli, Sabbavaram and Yelamanchili, while the BJP secured victories in Kasimkota and Payakaraopeta.
Election officials said 9,38,492 votes were polled across the 24 ZPTC constituencies in Anakapalli district. Of these, 9,10,219 were valid and 28,273 invalid. Counting was held under tight security at designated centres.
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