TRS retains Nagarjuna Sagar, secures more votes
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Hyderabad, May 2 : Telangana s ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has retained Nagarjuna Sagar Assembly seat.
Nomula Bhagat of the TRS defeated his nearest rival K. Jana Reddy of the Congress by 18,872 votes.
The TRS candidate polled 89,804 votes while Jana Reddy secured 70,932 votes. BJP s Ravi Kumar Naik could get only 7,676 votes and forfeited his deposit.
The death of Nomula Bhagat s father and sitting legislator Nomula Narasimhaiah had caused the by-election which was held on April 17.
Despite the Covid surge, the constituency had witnessed 86.18 per cent polling. Out of 2.20 lakh voters, 1.89 lakh had cast their votes.
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