NDA continues its winning streak, set to crush YSRCP in ZPTC and MPTC elections as well

VIJAYAWADA The TDP and it’s allies, the Jana Sena Party (JSP) and the BJP, continued their stellar performance in the elections to the Zilla and Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs and MPTCs) after crushing the YSRCP in the Urban Local Body (ULB) elections. Polling was conducted for 582 ZPTCs and 7,767 MPTCs in 28 districts on November 5 following the declaration of 77 and 2,051 ZPTCs and MPTCs respectively as unanimously elected. The TDP-led ruling coalition was far ahead in the race in both the ZPTCs and MPTCs, winning in over 320 ZPTCs, including 77 that had been declared as unanimously elected, and leading in nearly 100 ZPTCs. A similar picture was unfolding in the 7,767 MPTCs at the time of of fling this report. The TDP gained an unassailable lead in both the ZPTCs and MPTCs in Kadapa district, which had been the stronghold of the YSRCP.