An air of expectancy hovered over the Telugu Desam Party to possibly win power in (new) Andhra Pradesh following its spectacular performance in the elections to urban local bodies and panchayat raj institutions.
If trends that emerged out of recent elections to urban local bodies (ULB) and panchayat raj institutions (PRI) are an indication, the TDP, along with its ally BJP, is expected to put up a good show in the Lok Sabha polls as well.
The party that was relegated to the opposition in the last 10 years, and not even counted to return to power following the hype created over the new entrant YSR Congress, the TDP has now emerged as a "front-runner" in the general elections results of which would be announced tomorrow.
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If TDP's tally in ULBs and PRIs is taken as a benchmark, if any, it should comfortably bag close to 120 seats in the 175-member Assembly in the truncated state.
The YSRC that was supposed to have wrested power, given the hype created over the last three years, would actually be ending up a distant second with just about 45 seats.
That may translate into a sizeable number of parliamentary seats in equal proportion for the TDP-BJP combine.
Many "exit polls" pointed to the probability of TDP bagging power at the cost of the YSRC though the latter was given a higher tally than 45 Assembly seats.
