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
YSR Congress gets thumping majority in bypoll to LS seat
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Send The ruling YSR Congress on Sunday secured a thumping victory in the by-election to the Tirupati (SC) Lok Sabha constituency, trouncing the main opposition Telugu Desam Party by a record margin of over 2.70 lakh votes.
Andhra Pradesh CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy (File Photo)
Amaravati: A political novice, YSRCs M Gurumoorthy defeated former Union Minister of State Panabaka Lakshmi of the TDP by a margin of over 14 per cent votes. It was virtually a no-show for the BJP, which had high hopes of reclaiming the seat, though its nominee K Ratna Prabha, a retired IAS officer, managed to get 5.16 per cent of the votes. She had to forfeit her deposit.Â
YSR Congress gets thumping majority in bypoll to Lok Sabha seat
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Last Updated: May 02, 2021, 06:51 PM IST
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It was virtually a no-show for the BJP, which had high hopes of reclaiming the seat, though its nominee K Ratna Prabha, a retired IAS officer, managed to get 5.16 per cent of the votes. She had to forfeit her deposit. It was a consolation for the BJP that it improved its vote-share from a mere 1.22 per cent in 2019, this time though in alliance with the Jana Sena Party.
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The ruling YSR Congress on Sunday secured a thumping victory in the by-election to the Tirupati (SC) Lok Sabha constituency, trouncing the main opposition Telugu Desam Party by a record margin of over 2.70 lakh votes. A political novice, YSRCs M Gurumoorthy defeated former Union Minister of State Panabaka Lakshmi of the TDP by a margin of over 14 per cent votes.
Amid tight security, Tirupati Lok Sabha bypoll to be held on Saturday
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Last Updated: Apr 16, 2021, 01:58 PM IST
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Tight security arrangements have been put in place at all the 2,471 polling stations in all seven assembly segments of the parliamentary constituency, a senior government official said.
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There are 17,09,472 electors in this constituency comprising seven assembly segements and spread over Chittoor and Nellore districts.
After a fortnight-long high voltage campaign, bypoll to the Tirupati Lok Sabha Constituency (SC Reserved) will be held on April 17 amid tight security and in line with the COVID-19 protocol.
Tight security arrangements have been put in place at all the 2,471 polling stations in all seven assembly segments of the parliamentary constituency, a senior government official said.
Tirupati LS bypoll: Ruling YSR Congress in high stakes battle with BJP, TDP
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Last Updated: Apr 15, 2021, 02:02 PM IST
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What triggered this was the choice, of the ruling YSR Congress, of a political novice M Gurumurthy as its candidate, whose only credentials were that he accompanied the party chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in his 3,600-km-long padayatra (foot march) in 2017-19 and tended to the latter as a physiotherapist.
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Jagan Seva versus Jana Seva (service to Jagan versus service to people) has been the war cry in the campaign for the by-election to Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh, where the stakes have become high for all the main parties.