Andhra Pradesh’s ruling alliance, led by the Telugu Desam Party, won two-thirds of the Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) and Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) seats, the state election commission (SEC) announced Sunday night.
Independents won six ZPTC seats. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress, and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won no ZPTC seats. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) secured one seat in Alluri Sitarama Raju district. The ruling coalition maintained a similar lead in MPTC elections for the sub-district administrative bodies. The combined performance of the TDP, JSP, and BJP has cemented the ruling coalition’s control over rural local governance in Andhra Pradesh.
The TDP won 406 of the 582 ZPTC seats for which elections were held, while its alliance partners, Jana Sena Party (JSP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), secured 73 and 20 seats, respectively, according to SEC. The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) finished second with 76 seats, marginally ahead of Jana Sena in the district-level governing council elections. Of the 7,768 MPTC seats across the state’s 28 districts, the TDP won 4,806. The YSRCP secured 1,711 seats, while the JSP, part of the ruling alliance, won 938. the JSP’s tally of 938 MPTC and 73 ZPTC seats demonstrated its expanding grassroots footprint While the TDP claimed the overwhelming majority of victories. The YSRCP finished a distant second with 76 ZPTC and 1,711 MPTC seats, underscoring the challenges the party faces in rebuilding its rural cadre base following its 2024 assembly defeat.
