HYDERABAD: The TRS continued its winning spree in the municipal polls held for two corporations and five urban local bodies (ULBs) after Sunday’s thumping victory in the Nagarjunasagar Assembly by-elections. The ruling TRS and its ally won 184 wards out of a total of 248 in Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC), Khammam Municipal Corporation (KMC) and five ULBs, including five Siddipet, Jedcherla, Atchampet, Kothur and Nakrekal.
The TRS won 48 of 66 wards in GWMC, while the BJP bagged 10, Congress four, All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) one and independents three. TRS mayoral candidate Gundu Sudharani registered a thumping victory.
The pink party bagged 43 divisions and its ally (CPI) won three of the total 60 municipal divisions in KMC. During 2016 municipal polls the TRS won in 34 of 50 divisions. The Congress, which managed to secure double digit seats (10) in the 2016, managed an equal number, this time around. BJP won one division while CPM and…
