TDP-led NDA sweeps AP in local body polls: Crushing defeat to YSRCP

TDP led NDA sweeps the Andhra Pradesh local body elections, leaving its rival YSRCP--led by Jagan Mohan Reddy to single digit in municipalities and nagar panchayats. Jagan Reddy described the election as "jungle Raj" and completely hijacked. 

Post Published By: Pradeep Tripathi

Updated : 4 November 2026, 5:32 PM IST

TDP-Led NDA Dominates Andhra Local Body Election Battle (Img: IANS)

Vijayawada: The ruling TDP-Jan Sena Party and BJP alliance in Andhra Pradesh is poised to hand a crushing defeat to the YSR Congress Party(YSRCP) in the local body elections by winning a majority of 13 Municipal Corporations and 79 Municipalities and Nagar Panchayats that went to the polls on November 1.

The YSRCP failed to withstand the might of the ruling coalition in Pulivendula, a traditional stronghold of the Y S Rajashekar Reddy family, and which is currently represented in the Legislative Assembly by his YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, the former Chief Minister and YSRCP President.

NDA Makes Gains In Key Municipal Corporations

The opposition party also failed to stem the NDA tide in Kadapa Municipal Corporation, where TDP's Nellaturi Suvarna is poised to clinch the Mayor seat.

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In Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, the state's largest Municipal corporation, candidate Mukka Shravani defeated YSRCP's Kalyani.

Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu claimed that the people reposed their faith in the TDP-led coalition due to its development-and welfare-oriented politics, and insisted that the YSRCP paid a heavy price again for not learning lessons after being decimated in the 2024 elections.

Jagan Mohan Reddy Alleges Poll Irregularities

Mocking the victory secured by the TDP and its allies, Jagan Mohan Reddy said in a social media post that Mr Chandrababu demonstrated how to win an election spectacularly by robbing the opposition of its chance to compete.

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He alleged that the nominations, their security, and withdrawal were hijacked; polling agents were obstructed or pulled out, the poll was rigged, poll percentages were manipulated, and the counting was also hijacked.

"You selected the candidates, but people never elected them. The need for electoral reforms has never been more obvious", Reddy observed, calling it a 'Jungle raj'.