Telangana Assembly bypoll: TRS maintains lead over BJP in Munugode constituency after six rounds of counting

The counting in the high-stakes bypoll to Munugode Assembly constituency in Nalgonda district of Telangana is currently underway. Six rounds of counting has already been done and till now Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) maintained its lead over the BJP.

The ruling party's Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy has cumulatively polled 38,521 votes after six rounds, while his nearest BJP rival Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy secured 36,352 votes.

Congress nominee Palvai Sravanthi got only 12,025 votes.


The counting would be finished in 15 rounds.

The process of counting of votes polled in the high stakes byelection to the Munugode Assembly constituency in Nalgonda district began Sunday morning amid tight security.

Over 93 per cent polling was reported in the bypoll held on November 3, which was necessitated by the resignation of sitting Congress MLA Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy from the party in August.

With PTI Inputs