BIG DAY: An official giving declaration certificates to winners of Cooperative elections in Kurnool on Sunday.

KADAPA: Continuing its winning spree, Congress has virtually bagged the Kadapa District Cooperative Central chairmanship by winning 58 out of a total of 77 Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) in Kadapa district.

Congress secured victory in 30 PACS in Kadapa district while the TDP had to be content with only four out of 37 societies in the first phase of cooperative elections. Twenty-eight of the 40 societies scheduled for the second phase of elections on October 26 were decided unanimously. The High Court stayed elections for Vibharapuram, Thippalur, Sunnapurallapalle and the single window president election of Alamkhanpalle.

Twenty-two societies of the first phase were decided unanimously. Of them, Congress bagged 19 and TDP three. Among the remaining 15 societies, High Court granted stay on three societies and polling was held for 12 societies in the district. In Saturday's elections, TDP won Lingapuram and Gaddamvaripalle societies while Congress secured won 11 societies - Gonemakulapalle, Nallalingayapalle, Alladupalle, Peddacheppali, P. Tangutur, P.V.R. Kandriga, Chinna Orampadu, Peddamudiyam, Somireddipalle and Brahmanapalle.

The Congress won the following societies unanimously: Vallur, Khajipet, Yellatur, Chennur, Nagireddipalle, Chintakommadinne, Devunikadapa, Chemullapalle, Mydukur, Chennamrajupalle, Duvvur, Jammalamadugu, Vaddirala, Mannur, Ananthapalle, Narasapuram, Atlur, Penagalur and Kothapalle. TDP won T. Chadipiralla, Yerragudipadu and Alamkhanpalle societies.

Clear lead

Nellore: The Congress party in the district has established a clear lead in the first phase of cooperative elections. The Telugu Desam Party has been marginalised and there is no trace of Bharatiya Janata Party in these elections in most of the places.

According to PCC vice-president C.V. Sesha Reddy, the followers of Visakhapatnam MP N. Janardhana Reddy have scored in majority places of the district. This has given a boost to the group, which has fielded Vakati Narayana Reddy as its candidate for the post of chairman, Co-operative Central Bank, Nellore.

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