NDA extends winning streak and is set to crush YSRCP in ZPTC and MPTC elections as well

A TDP candidate who won the MPTC elections celebrates her victory with supporters in Vijayawada on Saturday. | Photo credit: GN RAO

The TDP and its allies, the JSP and the BJP, continued their stellar performance in the Zilla and Mandal Parishad zonal constituency (ZPTC and MPTC) elections after crushing the YSRCP in the Urban Local Body (ULB) polls. They were all set to pull off another decisive victory over YSRCP.

On November 5, voting was held for 582 ZPTCs and 7,767 MPTCs in 28 districts after declaring 77 and 2,051 ZPTCs and MPTCs unanimously elected.

According to information provided by the State Election Commission (SEC) at 21:00 on Saturday (November 7, 2026), the TDP won a total of 229 ZPTCs, including 71 unanimous and 158 contested, the JSP 36 (2 unanimous and 34 contested) and the BJP 8 managed (three 5 unanimously contested and 19 contested).

In the MPTC, TDP got 4,823 (1,780 unanimous and 3,043 contested), JSP 644 (107 unanimous and 537 contested), BJP 130 (53 unanimous and 77 contested) and YSRCP 1,050 (896 unanimously contested).

State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha said in a press release that the counting process is still ongoing and is going on peacefully.

TDP won most of ZPTC and MPTC in Kadapa district which was YSRCP stronghold.

After scoring an impressive victory in the Pulivendula municipality elections, the TDP also won the Pulivendula ZPTC, much to the dismay of the YSRCP, which had apparently lost the confidence of the people in what was the stronghold of the YS Rajasekhar Reddy family.

The TDP was in the driver’s seat in the ZPTC seat in Kuppam (Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s home ground) and in a large majority of other ZPTCs and MPTCs in Chittoor and Annamayya districts.

Reacting to the results coming in, IT Minister Nara Lokesh described the landslide triumph of the TDP-led coalition in the ZPTC and MPTC elections as “a fruit of their good governance and proof of perfect coordination between the ruling parties”.

TDP state president Palla Srinivasa Rao said the mood is overwhelmingly in favor of his party and its allies due to their good governance and deep mandate for welfare, development and social justice.

He claimed that the results were proof of the confidence of voters in Mr. Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan and the state BJP leadership.

A BJP spokesperson said the large number of votes the party got proved that people have faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.

Meanwhile, YSRCP leaders alleged that the counting of votes polled in the ZPTC and MPTC was riddled with irregularities and the SEC’s response to their complaints was premature.

Published – 07 Nov 2026 20:46 IST