AP: YSRCP sweeps urban local body polls; TDP, BJP draw blank

Amravati: The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) today won a sweeping victory in the urban body elections in Andhra Pradesh, winning 74 out of 75 municipalities and trends suggest that it may win in all the 12 corporations.
YSRC’s victories particularly in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Guntur cities were a big setback to the principal opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
The main opposition, the Telugu Desam Party, drew a blank in the municipal corporations and won just two municipalities – Tadipatri in Anantapur district and Mydukur in Kadapa district – with a slender margin.
The TDP’s score could not even touch the double digit in many towns. Although, TDP won majority wards in Tadipatri and Mydukur, YSRC is likely to bag the chairperson posts even in these two towns with the help of ex-officio votes leaving no urban area under TDP rule.
YSRC’s grand show in the recently held village panchayat elections had in fact set the tone for the party’s victory march in the urban civic body elections.
YSRC’s stupendous victory in the municipal elections had surpassed its scores in the assembly elections held almost two years ago and panchayat elections held last month.