TDP sweep Kakinada civic poll, win 32 seats

Kakinada, Sep 1: Repeating the Nandyal Assembly byelection trend few days ago, the ruling Telugu Desam party (TDP) today virtually swept the Kakinada Municipal Corporation Poll by winning 32 seats as against the total 48 seats for which election were held. District Election authority and Collector Kartikeya Mishra has declared that the TDP has won in 32 seats, its ally BJP 3 seats, YSRCP 10 and Independents 3. Under the seats sharing arrangement, the TDP has contested in 39 divisions while its ally BJP in 9 divisions. Of the total 50 divisions in the corporation, election was conducted only for 48 divisions as election in the other two divisions was put off following court orders. The YSRCP has contested all the 48 divisions but won in only 10 places. BJP District President Y Malakondaiah who contested from 9th division lost to YSRCP Candidate Kampara Ramesh who won the seat with a majority of nearly 1000 votes. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu took the Municipal Corporation Election as prestigious and deputed all its Ministers to campaign vigorously. Civil Supplies Minister Prattipati Pullarao was given the responsibility of conducting electioneering and he was here camping along with others for the past fortnight. Interestingly, the Telugu Desam was able to capture power in the Kakinada Municipal Corporation after waiting for nearly three decades. UNI