Chandrababu Naidu says the NDA secured 58.9% vote share in AP local body polls, winning 94 of 100 urban local bodies and 3,233 wards
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said the NDA alliance's decisive victory in the local body elections reflected public support for good governance, social justice, democratic values and the emergence of new leadership.
Addressing the media at his camp office in Amaravati, Naidu said the alliance had secured 58.9 per cent of the combined vote share in urban and Parishad elections, an increase of 3.6 percentage points over the 55.3 per cent recorded in the 2024 elections. In contrast, the YSR Congress Party's vote share declined from 39.81 per cent to 33.56 per cent, a drop of 6.25 percentage points.
The difference in vote share between the NDA and YSRCP stood at 25.34 percentage points, he said.
The alliance secured 59.9 per cent of the votes in urban local body elections, compared with 34.3 per cent for the YSRCP. In the ZPTC elections, the NDA secured 57.6 per cent, while the YSRCP received 39.7 per cent.
Naidu said the alliance also received a substantial share of postal ballots. In urban elections, it secured 65.7 per cent against 27.42 per cent for the YSRCP. In Parishad elections, the NDA received 62.83 per cent of postal ballots, while the opposition party secured 31.46 per cent.
The Chief Minister said the figures reflected the support extended to the alliance by government employees and other sections of society.
The NDA won 575 of the 659 ZPTC seats across the State, securing a lead in 27 of the 28 districts, Naidu said. The YSRCP won more ZPTC seats than the alliance only in Alluri Sitarama Raju district.
The YSRCP failed to win a single ZPTC seat in seven districts, including Anakapalli, Konaseema, Kakinada, Markapuram, Palnadu, West Godavari and Visakhapatnam, he said.
In the MPTC elections, the alliance secured 7,803 of the 9,818 seats. It was also expected to win around 90 per cent of the Mandal Parishad president positions across the State, he added.
The alliance registered a strong performance in urban local body elections, winning 94 of the 100 Mayor and Chairperson positions, according to the Chief Minister.
Of the 13 Mayor positions, the alliance won 12, while it secured 82 of the 87 Chairperson posts. The TDP won 70 positions, the Jana Sena Party 20 and the BJP four.
The alliance also won 3,233 of the 3,941 wards, accounting for nearly 82 per cent of the total. It secured council majorities in 95 urban local bodies and won all wards in 16 of them.
In comparison, the YSRCP won only four urban local bodies and 558 wards. It failed to secure even a single ward in 22 urban local bodies, Naidu said.
The alliance registered significant victories in major urban centres, securing a majority of 2,47,817 votes in Visakhapatnam, 1,30,872 in Vijayawada and 96,294 in Guntur.
In Pulivendula, the alliance won the Chairperson position with a majority of 13,875 votes, securing 37 of the 40 wards.
In the Kadapa Municipal Corporation, it won 64 of the 66 wards with a majority of 65,588 votes. The alliance also won all nine urban local bodies in Kadapa district, restricting the YSRCP to just nine of the 345 wards, he said.
Naidu said the results demonstrated that free and democratic elections reflected the people's mandate. Although the alliance did not win the Mayor position in Anantapur, most of the elected corporators there belonged to the alliance, he added.
The Chief Minister said the alliance had given priority to women, Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and minority communities while selecting candidates for leadership positions.
Of the 70 Mayors and Chairpersons elected from the TDP, 42 were women, accounting for 60 per cent. Women would head eight of the ten Mayor positions secured by the party, including Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Machilipatnam, Guntur, Ongole, Kadapa, Kurnool and Chittoor.
He said 44 of the 70 TDP-elected Mayors and Chairpersons belonged to BC, SC, ST and minority communities, representing 62.9 per cent. The group included 25 BCs, nine SCs, nine minorities and one ST representative.
The TDP had provided leadership opportunities to representatives from 27 different social communities, he said. Nine elected Mayors and Chairpersons belonged to the Muslim minority community, including six women.
Naidu said the alliance had encouraged educated candidates and young leaders to take up responsibilities in urban governance.
Of the 70 TDP-elected Mayors and Chairpersons, 55 held a degree or higher qualification, including 11 postgraduates. Thirty-one were below 45 years of age, while eight were below 35. The average age of the ten TDP Mayors was 39 years, he said.
He cited the election of 26-year-old Dr Dontham Gayatri as Rajampet Chairperson, 29-year-old Sheikh Abdul Abeeda as Machilipatnam Mayor, 31-year-old Avanapu Bhargavi as Vizianagaram Mayor and 32-year-old Dr Mukka Sravani as Visakhapatnam Mayor as examples of the opportunities given to young leaders.
In Ongole, 24-year-old Chavali Charpitha was elected corporator from Ward 27.
The Chief Minister said the alliance had also provided opportunities to people from economically weaker backgrounds, daily wage workers, individuals without political backgrounds and those with a good reputation in society.
Naidu said the political initiatives undertaken by the alliance had produced encouraging results and helped groom a new generation of leaders.
"We have groomed new leadership that can serve the party and the State for another 30 years," he said.
He added that the alliance had not only ensured representation for women, youth, BCs, SCs, STs and minorities in politics but had also strengthened their participation in urban governance.
