As YSRCP Wins Tirupati By-Polls Comfortably, Many Question Pre-Poll Fanfare
For an election whose conclusion was largely foregone, it is a question as to why pitched campaigns took place before it.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Reddy. Photo: PTI
Politics03/May/2021
Tirupati: The ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party has won the Tirupati parliamentary seat with a comfortable margin of over 2.7 lakh votes over its nearest rival Telugu Desam Party.
The Tirupati seat fell vacant with the death of Balli Durga Prasad Rao, who succumbed to COVID-19.
The TDP which won just 23 of the 175 seats in the Andhra Pradesh assembly and the YSRCP, which won a thumping majority in the 2019 polls, both led strong campaigns. However, the panchayat polls made it foregone conclusion that YSRCP would romp home