AP: TDP wins two ZPTC seats

Kadapa, Aug. 14 -- The ruling Telugu Desam party in Andhra Pradesh has won the two Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) seats. The counting of votes was taken up on Thursday morning for the two ZPTCs, Pulivendula and Vontimitta.

TDP candidate Mareddy Latha Reddy was declared elected from the Pulivendula ZPTC. She won the seat by a majority of 6,033 votes. The Opposition YSRCP candidate Hemanth Reddy forfeited the deposit by securing 683 votes. The TDP won the Pulivendula ZPTC seat after a long gap of 40 years.

TDP candidate Muddu Krishna Reddy was declared elected from the Vontimitta ZPTC. Krishna Reddy won the seat by a margin of 6,267 votes. The TDP candidate secured 12,780 votes while the YSRCP candidate Eragamreddy Subba Red...