Hyderabad: The counting of votes for the Andhra Pradesh municipal elections, which incorporates 12 municipal firms and 70 municipalities/nagar panchayats within the state began on Sunday.
The state municipal elections is witnessing a triangular battle between the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In the elections, YSRCP is in a safe place as it’s contesting the municipal polls on the again of its victory within the current panchayat elections, during which the get together bagged a majority of seats. Following the YSRCP victory, TDP stood at a distant second place.
The Jaganmohan Reddy’s get together on March 5 secured its place within the civic polls by grabbing 578 wards within the state.
Earlier, each the opposition events, TDP and BJP, accused Reddy of instigating political violence within the state elections and filed the criticism with the election fee.
The notable growth of the current election is that BJP had been establishing itself as the primary various to Jagan’s YSRCP. They have joined fingers with Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena get together, fielding candidates in 63 wards, with BJP receiving 22 and JSP getting 41.
Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majilis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) has made a wild card entry within the state political enviornment and is testing its electoral fortune in Andhra Pradesh. The get together has determined to area candidates in 47 wards.
Meanwhile, The counting of votes began at 8 am and the primary result’s doubtless to be out by 10 am. The State Election Commission revealed that as many as 2,204 counting tables have been arrange for 12 municipal firms, whereas 2,376 counting supervisors and seven,412 counting personnel are deployed to rely the votes.