As the counting of votes for the Zilla Parishad and Mandal Parishad elections continues in Vizianagaram district, the families of senior YSR Congress Party leader Botsa Satyanarayana and his nephew, Telugu Desam Party leader Majji Srinivasa Rao, alias Chinna Srinu, have received mixed results.
Botsa fielded four members of his family in the MPTC and ZPTC elections in Vizianagaram district. While the nomination of his elder brother’s son, Chaitanya, was rejected, the remaining three family members entered the electoral contest.
Botsa’s daughter, Botsa Anusha, suffered defeat in the Bondapalli ZPTC constituency. She lost to TDP candidate Pashala Neeraja by a substantial margin of 5,136 votes. The defeat came as a setback for Anusha, who was making her electoral debut.
However, Botsa’s daughter-in-law, Poojitha, was leading in the Garividi ZPTC constituency, while his sister, Sangamreddy Venkatalakshmi, was also maintaining a lead in the Gurla ZPTC constituency.
Meanwhile, Siri Sahasra, daughter of Chinna Srinu, was leading in the Terlam ZPTC constituency on behalf of the TDP.
Despite Chinna Srinu’s political shift, voters in the Garividi and Gurla mandals, which fall under the Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency, appeared to have favoured the YSRCP in several local body seats.
The YSRCP won the Gurla ZPTC seat, while its candidates secured a significant number of MPTC seats in both mandals.
Of the 20 MPTC seats in Garividi mandal, the YSRCP won 11, while the TDP secured eight. The result in one constituency was yet to be declared.
In Gurla mandal, results for six MPTC constituencies had been officially announced at the time of reporting. The YSRCP won four seats, while the TDP secured two.
The results indicate that the political realignment following Chinna Srinu’s departure from the YSRCP and his entry into the TDP has not translated into uniform electoral gains for the ruling alliance in the Cheepurupalli constituency.
The YSRCP’s performance in Garividi and Gurla has also highlighted the continuing influence of Botsa Satyanarayana in his political stronghold.
