Vijayawada Receives 16 Nominations For Ward Members’ Posts On First Day
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation received 16 ward member nominations on the first day, with YSR Congress accounting for nine, followed by Telugu Desam with four.
YSR Congress led the nominations for Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) ward member posts, with nine of its candidates filing their papers on Friday. Nominations filed by Telugu Desam contestants are four, Jana Sena two, and the BJP one.
According to the VMC nomination report, a total of 16 nominations have been received for ward member posts in the 86-ward civic body in NTR district. No nominations have been filed for the mayoral post on Friday.
Among the three circles in VMC, Circle 2 recorded the highest number of nominations at eight, while Circles 1 and 3 received four each. No nominations have been filed by Congress, CPI, CPM, NCP, BSP, other parties or independents.
In Circle 1, YSR Congress candidates Sk. Rahamatunnisa and Thupakkula Srilakshmi filed nominations from wards 32 and 46, respectively. Ward 54 received two nominations from the party, filed by Seeramsetty Poornachandra Rao and Seeramsetty Umashankar.
Circle 2 saw nominations from six wards. TD candidates Sowjanya Gudapati and Veeramachaneni Lalitha filed papers from wards 1 and 64, respectively. Afreen Sultana and Neelu Begum filed YSRC nominations from ward 63. Ward 71 saw nominations from YSRC candidate Valluri Padmaja and TD candidate Garlapati Oormila. Sujatha Oggu and Isarapu Devi filed YSRC nominations from wards 72 and 73, respectively.
In Circle 3, TD candidate Jasthi Sambasiva Rao filed his nomination from ward 15. Ward 28 received three nominations, with Kovvuru Sakthi Kiran Babu and Kovvuru Sobhan Babu contesting on Jana Sena tickets and Kollapalli Ganesh representing the BJP.
The figures indicate that YSRC accounted for more than half of the nominations received on the first day.
