Congress won just two assembly seats, while main opposition Telugu
Desam faced a complete rout drawing a blank in a keenly awaited outcome
in which the 39-year-old Kadapa MP is fighting a bitter public battle
with the Congress over his father and late chief minister Y S Rajsekhara
Reddy’s political legacy.
In the by-polls, touted as the “semi-finals” ahead of the 2014
Assembly elections, the TRS managed to scrape through with a slender
margin of 1,562 votes in Parkal, the lone assembly seat in Telangana
region, as it faced a close contest from the nominee of the 15-month-old
YSRCP.
With today’s results, the Congress saw its majority reduced to just
seven seats having 155 MLAs in a House of 294. The YSRCP tally
increased to 17.
In the final analysis, the Congress lost 14 seats as it held 16
seats, won in 2009. The other two were won by PRP in 2009 but now fell
in the YSRC kitty. The TRS gained one more seat Parkal, thanks to the
by-election.
YSRC’s M Rajamohan Reddy won the Nellore Lok Sabha seat defeating
high-profile T Subbirami Reddy of Congress by a margin of 2,91,745
votes.
It was also a loss of face for actor-turned-politician K
Chiranjeevi as the YSRC wrested the Tirupati Assembly seat he vacated
upon his election to Rajya Sabha in March.
The victory of YSRC was so resounding that the Congress lost
deposits in four constituencies though it managed to win two seats,
largely on the caste factor.
Lodged in the Chanchalguda prison as an undertrial in the
disproportionate assets case against him, Jagan sent out a clear warning
signal to the Congress that he will be its nemesis in the next
elections as people are solidly behind him
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