TDP Wins By 27,000 Votes In Nandyal By-Poll

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) snatched the Nandyal seat by a huge margin.

TDP’s Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy defeated his nearest rival Silpa Mohan Reddy of YSR Congress Party by over 27,000 votes. BJP’s Reddy polled 97,076 votes while Silpa Mohan Reddy secured 69,610 votes. The Congress finished far behind with just 1,382 votes.

In what was considered a prestige battle for both the parties, Brahmananda Reddy took the lead from the very first round of counting. Except in the 16th round, the TDP candidate maintained a lead till the completion of counting in 19 rounds.

About 80 per cent of the 2.16 lakh voters had cast their votes in the bypoll held on August 23.

In 2014, Bhuma Nagi Reddy of the YSR Congress had won the seat by a margin of 3,604 votes over Silpa Mohan Reddy, who had then contested as a TDP candidate. Nagi Reddy, who crossed over to the TDP last year, died in April, causing the vacancy.