Naidu says NDA won 94 of 100 local body posts

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said the National Democratic Alliance won 94 of 100 mayor and chairperson posts and 3,233 of 3,941 urban wards in recent local-body elections, presenting the results as evidence of increased support for the coalition.

Naidu said the alliance received 58.9% of the combined vote in urban and parishad elections, compared with 55.3% in the 2024 Assembly elections, a rise of 3.6 percentage points. The figures were presented by Naidu at a press conference; the supplied reporting did not include independent election records verifying his totals.

In urban local bodies, Naidu reported that the NDA won 59.9% of votes, against 34.3% for the YSR Congress Party. In parishad elections, he put the alliance’s share at 57.6%, compared with 39.7% for the YSR Congress Party. He also said the NDA won 575 of 659 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency seats and led in 27 of the state’s 28 districts.

Naidu attributed the alliance’s stronger performance compared with 2024 to development in Andhra Pradesh. He thanked leaders and workers of the Telugu Desam Party, Janasena and Bharatiya Janata Party for their work, and said elected representatives should...