Tirupati Bypolls: Counting Of Votes Begin May 02, 2021, 09:12 IST
The counting of votes for Tirupati Lok Sabha by-election started on Sunday. A total of 28 candidates are in the fray, including former union minister Panabaka Lakshmi from TDP, former Karnataka chief secretary Rathna Prabha of BJP and former MP Chinta Mohan of Congress. Dr.Gurumoorthy is YSRCP candidate.
The counting of votes in Sarvepalli, Gudur, Sullurupeta and Venkatagiri constituencies is underway at DK Government Women s College in Nellore. The counting arrangements have been made at Sri Venkateswara Arts College in Tirupati for Tirupati, Srikalahasti and Satyavedu constituencies of Chittoor district.
Officials have made it clear that those who are taking part in the counting should show either their COVID-19 negative report or should have been administered two doses of vaccine. Mobile phones are not allowed in the counting centres. The election results can be known through EC website or Voter Helpline
May 02, 2021, 17:45 IST
TIRUPATI: The ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) is all slated to win and retain the Tirupati Lok Sabha seat as its candidate Dr M Gurumoorthy established a comfortable lead over the TDP and BJP by noon on Sunday. By 3:45 PM the YSRCP candidate so far received 2, 77,000 votes and is slated to win the Tirupati Lok Sabha by-elections with a huge majority. The counting of votes is still underway and the numbers of votes could increase further and the majority win.
Percentage of Vote Count as mentioned in the Election Commission website:
The YSRCP candidate in his maiden election polled over 2.29 lakh votes as against about 1.33 lakh votes polled by his nearest Telugu Desam Party nominee Panabaka Lakshmi when 4.10 lakh votes were counted, according to Nellore District Collector and Returning Officer K.V.N. Chakradhar Babu.
YSRCP maintains lead in Tirupati LS bypoll (Ld)
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Sun, May 2 2021 13:51 IST |
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Panabaka Lakshmi.. Image Source: IANS News
Tirupati, May 2 : Andhra Pradesh s ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) continued to lead the race in the Tirupati Lok Sabha bypoll, with its candidate Gurumoorthy registering a lead of more than 80,000 votes over his nearest rival from the TDP.
Following the latest round of counting, the YSRCP has garnered 1,89,174 votes while the TDP candidate Panabaka Lakshmi has registered 1,07,321 votes followed by the BJP candidate Ratnaprabha with 18,296 votes. The Congress candidate Chinta Mohan was trailing far behind with 3,011 votes.
In all, the counting of votes will take place for over 25 rounds. Vote counting is taking place under strict Covid protocols at ten halls of the S.V. University campus in Tirupati, and seven halls of the D.K.W. college.