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TRS extends victory margin in Nagarjuna Sagar Assembly bypoll
Sun, May 2 2021 23:57 IST |
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TRS extends victory margin in Nagarjuna Sagar Assembly bypoll. Image Source: IANS News
Hyderabad, May 2 : The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which retained the Nagarjuna Sagar Assembly seat in the by-election, has increased its vote share and margin of victory compared to the 2018 polls.
The ruling party marginally increased its vote share to 47.05 per cent from 46.34 per cent. Its candidate Nomula Bhagat polled 89,804 votes to defeat his nearest rival K. Jana Reddy of the Congress by a margin of 18,872 votes.
The margin of victory for the TRS in 2018 was 7,771 votes. It was Bhagat s father Nomula Narasimhaiah who was elected as the TRS candidate in the previous elections, defeating Jana Reddy, a veteran Congress leader and a former minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh.
TRS retains Nagarjuna Sagar, secures more votes
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Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
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.