After a week long hungama, the election to Movie Artistes Association (MAA) was held today. The results were announced in the evening. Senior actor and realtor Murali Mohan won the contest for the post of President, trouncing his rival TS Vijay Chander (of Karunamayudu fame) by a big margin of 108 votes. Ahuti Prasad was elected the General Secretary and he defeated Ayyappa P. Sharma (brother of dialogue king Saikumar). The panel of Murali Mohan for election of the 18-member executive committee swept the contest. With this, the two-year-stint of Nagababu (as president) has ended. The elections witnessed interesting moments with the participation of Praja Rajyam President Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, NTR, Kalyanram and several other prominent artistes.
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