<span style="color: #222222;">The Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR  Congress  Party has taken a massive lead against the opposition Telugu Desam Party. The ruling party has won the Guntur and Tirupati corporations. It is also leading in several  municipalities in the state. Counting of votes for the 11 municipal corporations and 70 municipalities /Nagar Panchayats is currently underway at over 4,000 tables in Andhra Pradesh. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Counting for Chilakaluripet and Eluru has been put on hold following an order by the High Court. Here, counting will take place only after the final verdict by the court. A total of 4,026 tables, including 2204 tables for corporations and 1,822 tables for municipalities have been arranged for the counting of votes, according to reports. The State Election Commission has deployed 5,195 staff,  2,376 counting supervisors, 7,412 staff in corporations and 1,941 supervisors in municipalities for the counting.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Section 144 has been imposed at the counting centres by the police. The SEC has  deployed 20,419 police personnel including 172 DSPs, 476 CIs, 1,345 SIs, 17,292 constables among other personnel for ensuring safety and security. All eyes are on three major municipal corporations — Guntur, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam — as the outcome in these civic bodies is being as a virtual referendum on the contentious state capital issue. Elections for the municipal corporations and municipalities/nagar panchayats in Andhra Pradesh were held on March 10 with 78.71 lakh eligible voters.</span><br />''