Jana Sena Municipal Polls | Hyderabad, Nov. 4: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party has recorded a 100 per cent strike rate in the Urban Local Body elections. The party won every seat it contested under the NDA seat sharing agreement.
Jana Sena secured the mayoral posts of Vijayawada and Eluru municipal corporations. It also won the chairperson posts in all 14 municipalities and three nagar panchayats it contested.
Former MLA Vangaveeti Radhakrishna, who joined Jana Sena shortly before the elections, became Vijayawada mayor. He defeated YSRCP candidate Rayana Bhagyalakshmi by 1,30,872 votes.
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Radhakrishna secured 2,65,888 votes, while Bhagyalakshmi received 1,35,016 votes. He is the son of former leader Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, who was killed in Vijayawada in 1988.
Meanwhile, Jana Sena leader Reddy Appalanaidu secured the mayoral post in Eluru Municipal Corporation.
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The Jana Sena victory follows its performance in the 2024 general elections. The party had won all 21 Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats it contested.
The NDA coalition also secured a sweeping victory in the municipal elections. Out of 100 Urban Local Bodies that went to polls, the alliance won 94.
Its candidates secured mayoral posts in 11 of the 13 municipal corporations. The coalition was also leading in Ongole, where vote counting continued on Wednesday.
The opposition YSR Congress Party won only one corporation and three municipalities. However, YSRCP candidate Ramesh Goud defeated BJP candidate Ajeesh Babu in Anantapur Municipal Corporation.
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Under the NDA seat sharing arrangement, the BJP had contested the Anantapur mayoral post. Meanwhile, the BJP won the chairperson posts in all four municipalities it contested.
TDP rebels also emerged victorious in two municipalities.
Jana Sena expanded its presence beyond its traditional Assembly constituencies. The party also fielded leaders who had joined from the TDP and YSRCP.
Radhakrishna’s entry into Jana Sena shortly before the elections added another notable victory to the party’s results.
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