The defeat and complete decimation of the Telugu Desam Party could not have been starker. It has been defeated lock stock and barrel in party chief Chandrababu Naidu”s fiefdom of Chittoor district. So conclusive is the defeat that the TDP leaders are left shocked and bewildered by the magnitude of the defeat.
The TDP could win just four seats in the two corporations in the district. In Chittoor, it won three out of 50, while it managed to win one out of 49 in Tirupati. It’s almost a clean sweep. As for the party’s performance in the municipalities, the less said the better. Out of the 29 wards in Nagari, the TDP could win just four. In Puttur, it won three out of 20. It has won two each in Palamner and Madanapalli municipalities. In almost all the places the YSRCP has secured a road-roller majority.
The YSRCP had established complete superiority in all but one municipalities. It had won 74 civic bodies and 11 municipalities. The TDP is almost decimated in the state. With Kuppam panchayats and all the civic bodies rejecting the TDP, the future looks quite bleak for the TDP and its chief Chandrababu Naidu.