HYDERABAD, Nov. 9 -- Andhra Pradesh's ruling alliance, led by the Telugu Desam Party, won two-thirds of the Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) and Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) seats, the state election commission (SEC) announced Sunday night.

According to SEC, the TDP won 406 of the 582 ZPTC seats for which elections were held, while its alliance partners, Jana Sena Party (JSP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), secured 73 and 20 seats, respectively. The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) finished second with 76 seats, marginally ahead of Jana Sena in the district-level governing council elections.

Independents won six ZPTC seats. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) secured one seat in Alluri Sitarama Raju d...