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Center-Left Owned by The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.Analysis | Andhra urban local body polls: 2021 & 2026 mirror each other as ruling party sweeps amid violence allegations
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In North Andhra, polling is scheduled in Visakhapatnam district’s Anandapuram, Bheemunipatnam, Padmanabham and Pendurthi mandals for four ZPTC seats and 53 MPTC seats, with elaborate arrangements in place. In Rayalaseema, the ruling TDP emerged victorious in four municipal corporations—Tirupati, Kadapa, Nellore and Ongole—while the YSRCP, which had swept wards in the 2021 municipal polls in Kadapa and Nellore, won just one ward in each of those corporations.
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Ruling party emerges victorious in Tirupati, Kadapa, Nellore and Ongole; YSRCP, which swept across wards in 2021 Municipal polls in Kadapa and Nellore, won just one ward in each corporation
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The Andhra Pradesh Urban Local Body (ULB) Election Results 2026 have delivered a landslide victory for the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Comprising the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Jana Sena Party (JSP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the alliance swept most municipal corporations and…
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Hyderabad: In 2021, barely two years after the YSRCP came to power in 2019, the party swept almost all the municipalities and municipal corporations in Andhra Pradesh’s urban local body polls , leaving the then Opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) with little to show. Within three years, however, the…
