TDP bags 4 MLC seats, YSRC takes 1

VIJAYAWADA: With only five candidates filing nominations for the five MLC vacancies under MLA quota, the result was a foregone conclusion—TDP bagged four while YSRC got one. The nomination papers were scrutinised on Friday and the Election Commission found all the nominations in order.
The elected members are Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, Ashok Babu, D Rama Rao and BT Naidu of TDP and Janga Krishna Murthy of YSRC.
Of the elected members, Yanamala, who is also the finance minister, is the senior most. Krishna Murthy is a former legislator. Ashok Babu, Rama Rao and Naidu are entering the House for the first time. Ashok Babu was a former leader of the AP Non-Gazetted Government Officers’ Association (APNGOA).