The TDP–Jana Sena–BJP alliance has a clear lead in the count for Andhra Pradesh's Mandal and Zilla Parishads. As of 1:09 PM, BigTV reported the alliance had won 2,113 MPTC seats, the YSRCP 121 and others 40. In ZPTC seats, the alliance had won 84 and led in 121; the YSRCP had won 1 and led in 9.
Key results
- Pulivendula ZPTC: TDP candidate Bharathi won by over 1,400 votes.
- Vempalle ZPTC (Kadapa): YSRCP's Batthala Venkata Sivamma won by 19,192 votes.
- Dhumantunigudem MPTC: Jana Sena's Garapati Divya, 28, who died of a heart attack before the result, won by 350 votes.
- In Koyyur mandal, Alluri district, more than 85 of 201 postal ballots were invalid.
The polls in numbers
Counting is running at 365 centres on 9,062 tables. Polling for 577 ZPTC and 7,707 MPTC seats was held on November 5, with 70.72% turnout. 77 ZPTC and 2,051 MPTC seats were decided unopposed.
The opposition's charges
YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy said on November 5 that the vote was "not an election but merely a selection". He alleged his party's candidates were stopped from filing nominations in 84 ZPTC and 2,109 MPTC seats, and called the State Election Commissioner a puppet of the Chief Minister. On Saturday, former minister Ambati Rambabu said officials tried to make a ballot box disappear in Vengalayapalem, and that YSRCP MLC Lella Appireddy, who resisted, was wrongly booked and arrested. No TDP or police response has been reported.
