The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-led alliance in Andhra Pradesh won a majority of the Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) seats which reported unanimous elections in different parts of the state, officials said on Wednesday.
The TDP secured 71 seats unopposed, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won three and Jana Sena two. Of the 39 ZPTC seats in Kadapa district, the alliance secured 23 unopposed, accounting for approximately 59% of the total. Of the 65 MPTC seats in this assembly constituency, 64 were secured unopposed by alliance candidates, leaving only one seat to be decided through polling.
The opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) managed to secure just one ZPTC seat without a contest in the Pyapili ZPTC constituency in the Dhone assembly constituency of Nandyal district. The alliance’s dominance was particularly evident in several districts, where candidates were elected unanimously after rival nominees, including YSR Congress Party candidates and rebels from alliance parties, withdrew their nominations. The alliance’s performance was particularly significant in YSR Kadapa district, considered to be a bastion of YSRCP president and former chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. Particularly in Pulivendula, the assembly constituency represented by Jagan Mohan Reddy, the alliance secured victory in three out of seven ZPTCs – Simhadripuram, Chakrayapeta and Tondur – without an election. The TDP also made significant gains in the neighbouring Kamalapuram assembly constituency, which has six ZPTC seats. Five seats — Chennur, C.K. Dinne, Vallur, Veerapunayunipalle and Pendlimarri — were secured unopposed by the TDP, while the Kamalapuram ZPTC seat went to Jana Sena. Even in the MPTC elections, the alliance put up an impressive show in Pulivendula.
