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YSRCP sweeps panel elections

Visakhapatnam: YSRCP, which enjoys a clear majority in the council of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, made a clean sweep in the 10-member standing committee elections conducted on Wednesday. A total of 20 candidates filed their papers for the standing committee polls. Despite not having sufficient members to win the polls, the Opposition TDP also fielded 10 candidates against the YSRCP’s 10 candidates.
While the YSRCP has a strength of 62 corporators, seven candidates in the election conducted on Wednesday got at least 63 votes each, indicating some crossvoting from the Opposition parties. Two candidates bagged 62 votes each, while one candidate was limited to 61 votes. The winners are V Narayana Rao, A Padma, P Lakshmi Sowjanya, K Poornima, K Kameswari, B Lakshmana Rao, B Sujatha, G Vijaya Sai, B Surya Kumari, and Ch Rajini.
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