Andhra Politics - Congress ;TDP;PRP;TRS

The results came as no surprise when Jaya Prakash Narayana was elected as the President of Lok Satta party. Lok Satta which had been a voluntary organization for more than a decade has recently registered itself as a political party and decided to contest in the elections. Though JP continued as the president of the party as long as the party was just a social organization, he had to contest with others for the same post after Lok Satta turned into a political party.

The elections for the post were conducted all over the state a few days back in which close to 1 lakh Lok Satta members participated to elect their party president. The counting has begun yesterday and of the 60K votes counted, JP showed a clear majority. Till now, Jaya Prakash secured 57K votes while the other contestants, DVVS Varma and Aakula Maharani got 4000 and 2500 votes respectively. So, even as the counting continues, it is clear that JP is elected the next President of Lok Satta.

 This election is seen by some as a political gimmick to convey the democracy in their party against other parties like TDP and PRP where there are no elections to choose the president of the party. Everyone knew that JP will win, but still they conducted these elections, just as a formality!

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