NDA sweeps Pulivendula ZPTC, MPTC polls in YSR family bastion

NDA candidates have won a majority of the ZPTC and MPTC seats in Pulivendula constituency, which has remained a stronghold of the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy family for more than four decades.

On Tuesday, the day former Chief Minister and Pulivendula MLA Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy visited his constituency, NDA candidates were declared elected unopposed to 64 of the 65 MPTC seats and three of the seven ZPTC seats.

The State Election Commission (SEC) announced the results as the deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended on Tuesday afternoon.

NDA candidates secured a majority of the MPTC seats in all six mandals in the constituency: Pulivendula, Vemula, Chakrayapeta, Thondur, Simhadripuram and Vempalli.