Koneru Sridhar was unanimously elected as the 11th mayor of Vijaywada here at the Municipal Corporation Council meeting.
Sridhar, who has been a two-time corporator in Vijaywada, was unanimously elected as the the mayor, first time after the formation of new Andhra Pradesh, on grounds of his past experience yesterday.
Krishna district collector M Raghunandana Rao who had convened the Municipal Corporation Council meeting with the newly elected members, announced Sridhar as the mayor based on a majority of B-form submitted in his name, from 37 TDP corporators, out of the total 59.
Chief Minister N Chadrababu Naidu had also given his nod to elect Sridhar as city’s first citizen.
His name was declared after Rao, who was also the presiding officer for the mayor election, received no other proposal for the post and later declared Sridhar as mayor and also administered the oath to him.
TDP corporator Gogula Ramana Rao was elected unanimously as the deputy mayor.