TRS retains Nagarjunasagar constituency winning it with comfortable majority
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May 02, 2021 19:52 IST
Party, which was holding the seat, retains it in the bypoll, a first since Telangana formation
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Nomula Bhagat, who won the Nagarjunasagar bypoll.
Party, which was holding the seat, retains it in the bypoll, a first since Telangana formation
The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi has wrested the Nagarjunasagar Assembly constituency with its candidate Nomula Bhagat winning the by-election with a comfortable majority of over 18,000 votes.
The TRS nominee maintained his lead in all the 25 rounds, barring one round in which he trailed by a slender margin during the counting which commenced early Sunday morning. The bypoll was necessitated following the death of sitting TRS MLA Nomula Narsimhaiah in December last year. While the TRS fielded Mr. Bhagat as its nominee, veteran leader K. Jana Reddy represented the Congress and P. Ravi Kumar was the B
Hyderabad: The ruling TRS party achieved a great Victory in the Nagarjunasagar Assembly bye-election and retained the seat. It's candidate Nomula Bhagat
Telangana bypoll | TRS leads in Nagarjuna Sagar
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May 02, 2021 13:35 IST
The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of sitting TRS legislator Nomula Narsimhaiah in December last.
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The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of sitting TRS legislator Nomula Narsimhaiah in December last.
Telangana Rashtra Samiti candidate Nomula Bhagat is leading against Congress K. Jana Reddy in the byelection to Nagarjuna Sagar assembly constituency.
Mr. Bhagat has established early lead as the counting of votes began on Sunday morning. The TRS maintained its lead right from the first round till the 13th round. Mr. Bhagat secured a lead of 10,509 votes at the end of the 13th round. The TRS candidate secured 46,523 votes and the Congress candidate 36,014 votes while the BJP candidate remained a poor third with 4,804 votes.