TDP’s Abdul Abida wins Machilipatnam Mayor post
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In the second ordinary elections to the port city municipal corporation, Abida secured 62,678 votes, besides 252 postal ballots, while YSRCP candidate Jyothi polled 30,205 votes and 68 postal ballots.
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Machilipatnam TDP Mayor candidate Abdul Abida receiving the declaration certificate from the Returning Officer at Krishna University in Machilipatnam on Tuesday
Machilipatnam: The NDA registered a landslide victory in the Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation elections, with Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate Abdul Abida winning the Mayor’s post by a massive margin of 32,653 votes over his YSRCP rival Lanka Jyothi.
In the second ordinary elections to the port city municipal corporation, Abida secured 62,678 votes, besides 252 postal ballots, while YSRCP candidate Jyothi polled 30,205 votes and 68 postal ballots.
Of the 1,39,246 registered voters across 60 divisions, 97,973 exercised their franchise in the polling held on November 1, along with 328 postal ballots. The counting of votes was conducted at Krishna University.
The NDA secured 48 of the total 60 divisions, with the TDP winning 34 divisions, Jana Sena Party 13 and the BJP one.
The YSRCP secured nine divisions, while independents won the remaining three.
