ULB polls a cakewalk for YSRCP in Srikakulam
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TDP, which won Itchapuram Assembly seat, faces defeat
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Former Union Minister Killi Kriparani offering sweets to Deputy Chief Minister Dharmana Krishna Das in Srikakulam on Sunday.
TDP, which won Itchapuram Assembly seat, faces defeat
The YSRCP has won Itchapuram, Palasa-Kasibugga and Palakonda municipalities with comfortable majorities in Srikakulam district. The TDP, which won the Itchapuram Assembly seat in 2019 general elections, faced defeat in the civic polls, despite its concerted efforts to win a respectable number of wards.
The YSRCP candidates bagged 15 out of 23 wards in Itchapuram while the TDP could register win in six and the independent candidates won the remaining two wards. In Palakonda, it was almost a cakewalk for the YSRCP which won 17 out of 20 wards. The TDP won only three wards. In Palasa, the YSRCP got 23 out of 31 wards. The TDP won eight wards in Palasa-Kasibugga
Second phase of polls ends peacefully in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram
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Tribals form long queues outside voting booths; both TDP, YSRCP exude confidence of victory
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Tribals form long queues outside voting booths; both TDP, YSRCP exude confidence of victory
Barring a few stray incidents, the second phase of polling for panchayat elections went off peacefully both in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts.
Around 82% polling was registered in Vizianagaram district. The second phase was conducted mostly in tribal areas of Parvatipuram division of Vizianagaram district. The district administration conducted the elections in Kotia gram panchayat in spite of objections from Odisha, as both Odisha and A.P. claim jurisdiction rights over the panchayat.