District by district: NDA sweeps Kurnool and NTR; YSRCP holds pockets in the north

The TDP-led alliance finished ahead in almost every district as counting in the ZPTC and MPTC elections went on through Saturday, 7 November, but the YSR Congress Party held its ground in a few pockets, district reports show.

Rayalaseema

In the erstwhile combined Kurnool district, which now includes Nandyal, the alliance won 48 of the 54 ZPTC seats and nearly 90% of MPTC seats. In Kadapa, the YSRCP’s home district, the TDP won 10 of the 16 ZPTC seats contested; the YSRCP won only two, both in the Pulivendula Assembly constituency. Anantapur was closer: the TDP had won 175 MPTC seats and was leading in 85 more, with the YSRCP putting up a fight. In the Tirupati, Chittoor and Annamayya districts, the TDP had won 739 MPTC seats and its partners Jana Sena and BJP 12 and 16, against 154 for the YSRCP, according to partial counts.

Coastal Andhra

In NTR district, around Vijayawada, the TDP won 13 of the 16 ZPTC seats; the YSRCP won two and the BJP one. In Palnadu, the alliance won eight of the 10 ZPTC seats, six for the TDP and two for the Jana Sena. In the Godavari region, where the NDA won most MPTC seats, former YSRCP MLA Jakkampudi Raja staged a protest demanding a recount of votes for the Korukonda ZPTC seat, and the situation there was tense.

North Andhra and the Agency

The TDP dominated the Rajam constituency in Vizianagaram district. But the YSRCP won key ZPTC seats in Saluru and did well in Gummalakshmipuram mandal, and it was leading in five ZPTC segments of the tribal Alluri Sitharama Raju district. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the Munchingiputtu ZPTC seat there.

Why it matters

The pattern mirrors the 2024 Assembly election, which the NDA swept everywhere except a handful of seats, several of them in the tribal north. For the YSRCP, the Agency area and parts of Rayalaseema remain the base from which it must rebuild.