AP Municipal Election Results: NDA Alliance Takes Early Lead in Postal Ballot Counting Across Several Regions

Counting of votes in the Andhra Pradesh municipal elections is underway, with the postal ballot votes being counted first. According to the initial trends, the ruling alliance is leading in several municipalities and urban local bodies. In Visakhapatnam’s Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), alliance mayoral candidate Mukka Sravani secured an early lead of 125 votes. Of the 747 postal ballots counted in GVMC, the TDP received 351 votes, YSRCP secured 226, while other candidates and parties accounted for 170 votes.

The alliance has also established an early advantage in several other municipalities. In Kuppam, Chittoor district, all 15 postal ballot votes went to TDP chairman candidate Rajkumar. In Amalapuram, alliance candidate Nalla Sridhar received 16 out of 20 votes, while YSRCP candidate Viritha Devi secured three. In Madakasira, alliance candidate Gundumala Sharada received 16 votes out of 20, while Congress secured two, YSRCP one and an independent candidate received one vote. In Nandikotkur, the alliance candidate secured 45 of the 82 postal ballots, compared with 31 for YSRCP and six for an independent candidate. In Kadapa, the first-round postal ballot count showed TDP with 47 votes, YSRCP with 36 and others with 14 out of 97 votes.