Published Nov 09, 2026 | 5:01 PM ⚊ Updated Nov 09, 2026 | 5:01 PM
Parvathipiram ZPTC winner Navyasri of the YSRCP.
Synopsis: Amid a statewide sweep by the TDP-led NDA in the Andhra Pradesh ZPTC and MPTC polls, the YSR Congress Party retained a strong presence in some districts, winning seven of the 11 ZPTC seats in Alluri Sitharama Raju district and nine in Sri Sathya Sai district, its highest tally in any district. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said the government needed to examine why tribal voters had delivered a different verdict from the rest of the State and claimed that the results were due to forced religious conversions in the Agency areas.
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) retained a strong presence in parts of Andhra Pradesh despite the Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-led NDA sweeping the Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) and Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) polls. The YSRCP won a majority of the ZPTC seats in Alluri Sitharama Raju district and secured its highest district tally of nine seats in Sri Sathya Sai district.
The YSRCP’s strongest performance in terms of the proportion of seats won came in Alluri Sitharama Raju district, where it captured seven of the 11 ZPTC seats. The TDP won three, while the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] secured the remaining seat.
In Sri Sathya Sai district, the YSRCP won nine of the 32 seats, its highest district tally in the State, while the TDP secured 21.
In Polavaram district, the YSRCP won five of the 12 ZPTC seats. The TDP secured four, while its alliance partners, the Jana Sena Party (JSP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), won two and one seat, respectively.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said the government needed to examine why tribal voters had delivered a different verdict from the rest of Andhra Pradesh. He said the Agency areas were “his brainchild” and claimed that the results in Alluri Sitharama Raju and Polavaram districts were due to forced religious conversions in the Agency areas.
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The results in the two districts stood out against the statewide trend. Of the 582 ZPTC seats that went to polls across the State, the YSRCP managed to win only 76.
In Tirupati district, the YSRCP won six of the 31 ZPTC seats. The TDP secured 21, the BJP two and the Jana Sena Party one. In Annamayya district, the YSRCP won six of the 22 seats, while the TDP took 15.
In Parvathipuram Manyam district, the YSRCP secured five of the 15 seats. The TDP won seven and the Jana Sena Party three. In Vizianagaram district, the YSRCP won five of the 27 seats, against 20 secured by the TDP.
The party also won five of the 26 seats in Kurnool district, four of the 20 in Nandyal and four of the 24 in Chittoor. Its tally fell to two seats each in Anantapur, which has 28 ZPTC seats, and YSR Kadapa, which has 16.
The TDP, on the other hand, secured 406 seats, while the JSP and the BJP won 73 and 20 seats, respectively. The CPI(M) won one seat, while independents secured six.
In the MPTC elections, the YSRCP won 1,711 seats across the State, while the TDP won 4,806. The JSP won 938 seats and the BJP bagged 117. Independent candidates won 162 seats, the CPI(M) secured 15, the Congress won nine, the BSP took three, and other parties accounted for seven seats.
Eluru district accounted for the YSRCP’s highest tally, with 107 seats. The party won 101 in Vizianagaram, 100 in Sri Sathya Sai and 97 in Kurnool.
It secured 89 seats each in Alluri Sitharama Raju and Nandyal districts, 85 each in Chittoor and Tirupati, 83 in Nellore, 81 in Srikakulam and 75 in Anakapalli.
Its performance was considerably weaker in several other districts. The party won only eight MPTC seats in YSR Kadapa, nine in Palnadu, 14 in Markapuram and 16 in Visakhapatnam.
(Edited by Dese Gowda)
