Kovelamudi Lakshmi Aparna is set to become the mayor of Guntur after the TDP-led alliance pulled ahead in the Guntur Municipal Corporation election, with vote counting still under way across all 76 divisions.

Her victory is now considered certain. Telugu Desam Party workers and leaders have taken to celebrating, even as the final results are still being tallied. The alliance’s candidates are winning most of the seats, which gives the coalition a firm grip on the civic body.

Alliance candidates build a commanding lead

The count covers every division in the city, and the early trend is clear. Candidates backed by the alliance are ahead in the majority of wards, and that pattern is what has turned the mayoral race into a foregone conclusion for TDP supporters.

Officials have not yet released the final tally, so the exact margins across the 76 divisions are still unsettled. What is settled, at least for now, is the direction of the result. Guntur’s civic leadership is moving firmly toward the alliance.

What the mayor-elect said first

Lakshmi Aparna framed the win as a mandate from the city rather than a personal milestone. Her first message was about responsibility, and she was direct about what she wants to deliver.

This grand victory belongs to the people of Guntur, and this win has increased my responsibility. My goal is a clean Guntur and a green Guntur, and I will not betray the trust the people have placed in me.

That pledge puts sanitation and greenery at the center of her agenda. Clean and green city goals are familiar in civic politics, but her statement ties them directly to the trust voters have just expressed at the ballot box.

Who is Kovelamudi Lakshmi Aparna?

The reports available so far focus on her win and her pledges, not on her personal history. Her background, earlier roles and public record are not detailed in the material we have, and that gap is worth noticing because it is the question many readers are now asking. What the coverage does show is how her supporters see her: as the candidate who carried the alliance’s hopes into the mayor’s race in the city.

She also used her first remarks to recognize the people and leaders behind the result. She thanked the alliance leaders who worked for the victory. She credited Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu for giving her the opportunity. She also thanked Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan and BJP state president P.V.N. Madhav for their support.

The alliance’s reach beyond Guntur

The results were not confined to Guntur. In Machilipatnam, TDP candidate Shaik Abdul Abeeda was elected mayor with a majority of 32,657 votes over the nearest YSRCP candidate. That margin is a strong signal of how the mayoral contests are playing out across the region, and it gives the alliance a second major city to point to on the same day.

For residents of Andhra Pradesh, the twin results matter because mayors shape day-to-day civic life, from cleanliness and parks to how local bodies deliver services. The Guntur and Machilipatnam outcomes will determine who sets those priorities in two of the state’s urban centers.

What comes next

The immediate question is when the final results will be confirmed and how the seat count will be settled across all 76 divisions. Once that happens, attention will shift to the mayor’s first steps. Her stated focus on a clean and green Guntur gives residents a clear benchmark to judge her by.

For now, the story is simple and fast-moving. The alliance is ahead, the mayoral race in Guntur is effectively decided in its favor, and the next few hours of counting will show how large the win becomes.