NDA Strength Increased in Local Elections: CM Chandrababu

AI Media 24, Amaravati Correspondent: Chief Minister Chandrababu held a media conference on the details of the election results. Speaking on this occasion, he said that compared to the 2024 general elections, NDA strength has increased in the local body elections.He said that in the local bodies, in towns and Parishad elections, the alliance as a whole achieved 58.9 percent votes. In the 2024 elections it was 55.3 percent, and compared to 2024, NDA votes increased by 3.6 percent by the time of local elections.He said that in the local elections, a total of 33.56 percent votes went to YSRCP, while in the 2024 elections it got 39.81 percent. Compared to 2024, YSRCP votes decreased by 6.25 percent. He said that overall, in the local body elections, there is a gap of 25.34 percent between the alliance and YSRCP.In towns, NDA vote share is 59.9 percent, YSRCP 34.3 percent, NDA strike rate is 94 percent. In ZPTC elections, NDA vote share is 57.6 percent, YSRCP 39.7 percent, NDA strike rate is 87.5 percent.He said that in towns there is a difference of 25.60 percent, and in villages 17.9 percent in vote share between the alliance and YSRCP.Coming to MPTCs, out of 9818 seats, the alliance won 7803 seats. He said that there is a possibility that the alliance will win 90 percent of Mandal President posts across the state.He said that in the local elections, postal ballots polled for NDA in towns were 65.7 percent, for YSRCP 27.42 percent. In Parishad elections, while NDA got 62.83 percent postal ballots, YSRCP got 31.46 percent.Out of a total of 659 ZPTCs, the alliance won 575 seats. He said that in ZPTC elections, the alliance achieved lead in 27 out of total 28 districts in the state. He said that only in Alluri Sitarama Raju district, YSRCP got more seats than the alliance.He said that in 7 districts, YSRCP did not get even a single ZPTC seat. He said that in Anakapalli, Konaseema, Kakinada, Markapuram, Palnadu, West Godavari, Visakhapatnam districts, YSRCP did not get even a single ZPTC.