Manchu Vishnu Defeats Prakash Raj In MAA Elections – FilmyVoice

Actor Manchu Vishnu was on Sunday elected as the brand new President of Film Artists Affiliation (MAA), defeating Prakash Raj by an enormous margin in a bitterly-contested election. Vishnu, son of veteran actor Mohan Babu, defeated Prakash Raj by 106 votes.

Ending day-long suspense, MAA election officer Krishna Mohan introduced the ballot outcomes on Sunday night time. Vishnu polled 380 votes whereas Prakash Raj, who was branded as non-local by some supporters of rival panel, might safe 274 votes.

A local of Karnataka, Prakash Raj acts in Telugu and different South Indian movies. He had unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha election from Bangalore Central as an impartial candidate in 2019.

The Vishnu panel additionally bagged the important thing posts of Vice President, Common Secretary, and Treasurer. Madhala Ravi was elected Vice President beating Benerjee of the Prakash Raj panel.

Raghu Babu trounced Jeevitha Rajasekhar for the submit of Common Secretary by 7 votes. Siva Balaji was elected treasurer, defeating Nagineedu by 32 votes. Balaji polled 316 votes whereas Nagineedu secured 284 votes.

Actor Srikanth from Prakash Raj panel was elected Government Vice President. He defeated Babu Mohan of the Vishnu panel.

The acrimonious election was seen as a tussle between households of megastar Chiranjeevi and veteran actor Mohan Babu. Chiranjeevi’s household backed Prakash Raj whereas Mohan Babu actively campaigned for his son Manchu Vishnu.

Quickly after the outcomes have been declared, Chiranjeevi took to Twitter to congratulate Vishnu and different members of the brand new physique. He hoped that the brand new physique will work for the welfare of all artists. “MAA has all the time been one household. Irrespective of who wins, it’s the victory of our household,” he wrote.

Earlier talking at a movie occasion Chiranjeevi expressed his displeasure over the acrimony created throughout the MAA elections. He remarked that positions are short-term.

In response to election officer, 68 per cent polling was recorded which was highest within the historical past of the MAA. Out of 925 members of the MAA, 883 have been eligible to solid their votes and of them, 605 did do to elect 26-member physique comprising the President, two Vice Presidents, Government Vice President, Common Secretary, two Joint Secretaries, Treasurer and 18 Government Committee members.

The polling which started at 8 a.m. at Jubilee Hills Public Faculty was peaceable barring minor clashes between the 2 rival teams.

The polling, which was to finish at 2 p.m., was prolonged by an hour by election officer Krishna Mohan. The counting of votes started at 4 p.m.

The primary end result went in favour of the Prakash Raj panel when Shia Reddy was elected as government member. This was adopted by three extra victories for the panel as Anasuya, Kaushik and Suresh Kondeti have been additionally elected as government members.

From the Vishnu panel, Poojitha, Shashank, Jayavani, U.P. Srinivasulu, Srilakshmi, Manik, Harinath Babu, and Vishnu Boppana have been elected as government members.

Chiranjeevi, main actors Pawan Kalyan, Balakrishna and Nagarjuna have been amongst main personalities of Tollywood who solid their votes.

Murali Mohan, Mohan Babu, Jaya Prada, Rajendra Prasad, Roja, Babu Mohan, Naga Babu and different distinguished faces additionally got here to vote.

After a bitter marketing campaign between the rival panels, scenes of camaraderie have been witnessed on the polling day. The 2 actors, battling for the submit of MAA President, shook palms and embraced one another to declare that they’re all one.

Prakash Raj additionally shook palms with Mohan Babu and took his blessings. Mohan Babu had arrived early on the polling sales space to bless his son Vishnu and claimed that the panel loved assist of majority of voters.

MAA founding President Chiranjeevi mentioned he solid his vote as per his conscience. He mentioned each time MAA elections have been being held with the identical acrimony and referred to as for placing an finish to this development.

Actor politician Pawan Kalyan was one of many first to solid his votes. Speaking to reporters, the Jana Sena president declined to call the panel he votes for saying this could quantity to influencing voters. He mentioned MAA elections would haven’t any bearing on the friendship between his brother Chiranjeevi and Mohan Babu. Pawan mentioned the movie business is not going to break up resulting from MAA polls.

Chiranjeevi’s different brother Naga Babu, nevertheless, informed reporters that he solid his vote for the Prakash Raj panel.

Main actor Balakrishna informed reporters after casting his vote that Prakash Raj and Vishnu are like brothers. The actor politician, who had earlier declared his assist to Vishnu, mentioned he votes for individuals who will do higher.

Veteran actor Jaya Prada additionally solid her vote. Mohan Babu mentioned she flew in from Delhi at his request to take part within the voting.

Ileana, who had been staying away from Telugu movies following his marriage to Bollwyood actor Ritesh Deshmukh, additionally got here to Hyderabad to solid his vote. She mentioned MAA will quickly have a brilliant President.

There was gentle pressure at polling sales space when Vishnu panel members alleged that Prakash Raj panel members have been campaigning contained in the sales space. Siva Balaji tried to cease a member of Prakash Raj panel who was allegedly giving dummy poll to voters. There was heated argument between the 2 teams and the police needed to intervene to pacify them.

Mohan Babu additionally took exception to campaigning by Prakash Raj panel contained in the sales space. He urged voters to go away in 5 minutes after exercising their franchise. There was additionally heated argument between Siva Balaji and Hema.