Seat Sharing Locked: TDP 11, Janasena 4, BJP 2

The stage is set for the upcoming local body election in Andhra Pradesh with the nomination procedure starting tomorrow, October 16.  There was unusually high discussion on this matter due to the seat sharing headache that came up within the alliance parties. 

However, the confusion has been sorted now, and there is an official confirmation regarding the seat sharing procedure. 

TDP will be contesting 11 corporations while Janasena will be getting four and BJP will be getting 2. This is proportional to the equivalent strength of each of the parties in the alliance and an official note has also been released to this effect. 

Municipal Corporations

TDP: 65%
Janasena: 23%
BJP: 12%

Municipalities

TDP: 73%
Janasena: 20%
BJP: 7%

For those wondering about the corporations that each party will be contesting – 

TDP: Vizianagaram, Greater Visakhapatnam, Machilipatnam, Mangalagiri-Tadepalli, Guntur, Ongole, Nellore, Kadapa, Kurnool, Tirupati, Chittoor.

Janasena: Srikakulam, Kakinada, Eluru, Vijayawada.

BJP: Rajahmundry, Anantapur.

When it comes to the total municipalities in Andhra Pradesh, TDP will be contesting 78 of them while JSP is given 21 and BJP got 7. There’s a slight edge to TDP on this front.  

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