TD-Led Alliance Wins Most Municipalities in Anantapur, Sathya Sai Districts
The TD-led NDA alliance won chairperson posts in all 11 municipalities across Anantapur and Sri Sathya Sai districts, with Jana Sena securing Puttaparthi and Madakasira.
The Telugu Desam-led NDA alliance candidates won the chairperson posts in all 11 municipalities of Anantapur and Sri Sathya Sai districts, with Jana Sena winning from the Puttaparthi and Madakasira civic bodies.
As per the results announced, in Kadiri, where the contest between TD and YSRC had been close, alliance chairperson candidate M. Arshia Banu won by 902 votes. The YSRC won 17 wards in the municipality, while the alliance secured 27 seats.
In Madakasira, Jana Sena chairperson candidate G. Sharadamma won. Sharadamma is the wife of TD secretary G. Radhakrishna, who joined Jana Sena and secured the party ticket for his spouse. JS candidates won all the municipal wards in Madakasira. Further, Jana Sena won the chairperson post in Puttaparthi.
Alliance candidates won the chairperson posts and all wards in Penukonda, Tadipatri, and Guntakal. TD candidates won the chairperson posts in Hindupur, Dharmavaram, Rayadurg, and Kalyanadurgam, along with a majority of the wards.
In Dharmavaram, YSRC candidate K. Ramakrishnamma of Ward 1 defeated BJP candidate Sake Lakshmi Devi by one vote. Telugu Desam has sought a recount, after which authorities declared Ramakrishnamma elected by the same margin.
In Tadipatri, the TD won all 48 wards unanimously. Former MLA J.C. Prabhakar Reddy is among those elected as a councillor.
In the previous civic elections, the YSRC had won 10 municipalities, with Tadipatri being the exception. It had also won Anantapur Municipal Corporation.
