TRS sweeps rural local body polls in Telangana

TRS swept the rural local body elections in Telangana by winning 449 of the total 538 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs) on Wednesday

HYDERABAD: The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in Telangana swept the rural local body elections by winning 449 of the total 538 Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs) on Wednesday. Congress bagged 75 ZPTCs, while the BJP secured eight, according to the final tally announced by the State Election Commission. 

In the elections to 5,817 Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies, the TRS won 3,548, while Congress and BJP managed to win 1,392 and 208 Mandal Parishads respectively. The performance of the Telugu Desam Party, CPI and CPI(M) continued to be poor. 

ORDINARY ELECTIONS TO MPTCs 2019 Election Results
District	No.Of Mandals	Total No. Of MPTCs	BJP	CPI	CPM	INC	TDP	TRS	Others	Independents
Adilabad	17	158	33	0	0	28	0	83	0	14
Komaram Bheem	15	123	3	2	0	21	0	81	0	16
Mancherial	16	130	0	1	0	36	0	78	1	14
Nirmal	18	156	4	0	0	39	0	64	0	12
Nizamabad	27	299	35	0	0	45	0	188	0	31
Jagtial	18	214	16	0	0	30	0	116	0	10
Peddapalli	13	138	6	0	0	33	0	90	2	7
Jayashankar	11	106	2	0	0	3	0	33	5	2
Bhadradri	21	220	0	17	9	23	12	110	0	32
Mahabubabad	16	198	0	0	0	10	0	48	0	3
Warangal Rural	16	178	0	0	0	9	0	35	0	1
Warangal Urban	7	86	1	0	0	12	0	62	0	11
Karimnagar	15	178	12	0	0	22	0	89	2	27
Rajanna Sircilla	12	123	7	0	0	15	0	54	0	17
Kamareddy	22	236	0	0	0	18	0	41	0	5
Sangareddy	25	295	2	0	0	102	0	176	0	15
Medak	20	189	0	0	0	46	0	116	0	27
Siddipet	23	229	3	0	1	17	0	107	0	36
Jangaon	12	140	0	0	0	12	0	34	0	1
Yadadri Bhongiri	17	177	1	3	5	72	0	85	0	11
Medchal-Malkajgiri	5	42	1	0	0	13	0	18	0	10
Rangareddy	21	257	16	0	1	56	0	104	2	21
Vikarabad	18	221	0	0	0	75	0	138	0	8
Mahabubnagar	14	184	4	0	0	29	0	72	0	8
Jogulamba Gadwal	12	141	11	0	0	4	0	69	0	6
Wanaparthy	14	128	0	0	0	14	0	57	0	8
Nagarkurnool	20	212	3	0	0	20	0	46	0	1
Nalgonda	31	349	4	2	5	133	0	192	0	13
Suryapet	23	235	3	2	2	49	2	109	0	7
Khammam	20	289	0	7	14	58	5	168	0	37
Mulugu	9	86	0	0	0	23	0	48	0	1
Narayanpet	11	140	5	0	0	2	0	22	0	2

The election for 539 ZPTCs and 5,817 MPTCs were held in three phases in May. The counting of votes started on Tuesday and ended on Wednesday. Upbeat over his party's 'historic' win, TRS working president KT Rama Rao said responsibility on the party grew following the massive victory in the rural local body polls.

ORDINARY ELECTIONS TO ZPTCs, 2019
Sl No	District	No.Of Mandals	BJP	INC	TRS	Others	Independents
1	Adilabad	17	5	3	9	0	0
2	Komaram Bheem	15	0	1	14	0	0
3	Mancherial	16	0	3	12	0	1
4	Nirmal	18	0	5	9	0	1
5	Nizamabad	27	2	2	23	0	0
6	Jagtial	18	0	1	15	0	0
7	Peddapalli	13	0	2	11	0	0
8	Jayashankar	11	0	1	4	1	0
9	Bhadradri	21	0	3	16	0	2
10	Mahabubabad	16	0	0	6	0	0
11	Warangal Rural	16	0	0	6	0	0
12	Warangal Urban	7	0	0	7	0	0
13	Karimnagar	15	0	0	14	0	0
14	Rajanna Sircilla	12	0	1	8	0	0
15	Kamareddy	22	0	3	4	0	0
16	Sangareddy	25	0	5	20	0	0
17	Medak	20	0	2	18	0	0
18	Siddipet	23	0	1	16	0	0
19	Jangaon	12	0	0	3	0	0
20	Yadadri Bhongiri	17	0	5	12	0	0
21	Medchal-Malkajgiri	5	0	1	4	0	0
22	Rangareddy	21	0	3	13	0	0
23	Vikarabad	18	0	3	15	0	0
24	Mahabubnagar	14	0	0	9	0	0
25	Jogulamba Gadwal	12	0	0	7	0	0
26	Wanaparthy	14	0	1	7	0	0
27	Nagarkurnool	20	0	0	6	0	0
28	Nalgonda	31	0	7	24	0	0
29	Suryapet	23	1	1	13	0	0
30	Khammam	20	0	3	17	0	0
31	Mulugu	9	0	1	7	0	0
32	Narayanpet	11	0	0	4	0	0

Here are the live updates:

* In Karimnagar district, the party won 13 ZPTCs of the total 15 and 77 MPTCs. The TRS bagged 77 of the total 178 MPTCs in the poll. Congress and BJP emerged victorious in 21 and 12 MPTCs respectively. The party, however, lost in Chinna Mulkanur, an adopted village of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in the MPTC (Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency) polls.

* In Nizamabad district, TRS lost in Pothangal, the village of the in-laws of former TRS MP K Kavitha, daughter of Rao. She was defeated by her BJP rival in Nizamabad in the recent Lok Sabha poll. The polls were held in three-phases last month.