Chirala municipality result: TDP’s Honey Spandana wins chairperson post, Congress beats YSRCP to second place in wards

The Telugu Desam Party has won the Chirala municipality in Bapatla district. Its chairperson candidate, Yericharla Honey Spandana, polled 21,883 votes when counting finished on Friday, 6 November, a lead of over 6,400 votes on the YSRCP’s Istarla Sherly with 15,415. The Congress candidate, Divya Sudhakar, came third with 11,025.

Chirala was the last of the 87 municipalities and nagar panchayats in the Andhra Pradesh urban local body elections to declare. Cyclone Murasu had pushed its count back from 3 November. The result takes the ruling alliance to 82 chairperson posts; the YSRCP holds 3 and independents 2.

Congress overtakes the YSRCP in wards

Of the 44 wards, the TDP won 22 and its partners Jana Sena and the BJP won 2 and 1, giving the alliance 25. The Congress took 10, ahead of the YSRCP’s 8, and an independent won the remaining ward.

The town had 69,557 voters, of whom 51,113 voted; 1,300 votes were found invalid. The chairperson post was reserved for a woman from the Scheduled Castes.

The full city-wise tally is on our AP municipal election results page. Votes for the MPTC and ZPTC polls are being counted on Saturday, 7 November.